1867-1872, 5 C Rivadavia carmine, imperforate, no wmk., a used example with good to large margins all round in a somewhat oily impression, neatly tied by complete strike of CONCORDIA 1872, plus 15 C with wmk., used example with clear blue cancellation, rich colour, fresh and fine pair

12 C airmail stationery envelope as registered mail SAN JACINTO 26.3.28 to Biskra in Algeria, airmail and definitives additional franking, vertical crease, transit Marseille and arrival cds 17.4.28

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12 C Luftpost-GSU als R-Brief ab SAN JACINTO 26.3.28 nach Biskra / Algerien als exotische Destination mit u.a. 1,26 P Luftpost als bunte Beifrankatur, senkrechte Faltspur, rs. Transit cvia Marseille und Ankunft Biskra 17.4.28

1844, 10 R Inclinados on thin greyish paper, two vertical and one horizontal pair, all showing outer frame lines, fine trio

1943, Stamp Centenary, without gum as issued, the souvenir sheets in both sizes, oversize sheet hinged, fine/very fine (Sc. 612)

5, 10, 25 and 35 C Gabon local landscapes definitives overprinted with "Corps Expeditionnaire ..." on registered cover from JAUNDE 15.2.18 to Aix les Bains in France, transit Duala 20.2.18 and arrival 8.4.18 on reverse, very fine

1 Sh dull violet on blueish paper, used diagonally bisected on piece with mute cancellation, fine and very scarce, signed, showpiece ex Coll. Bürgi (SG 8a)

1956-1960, 8 different special souvenir sheets, all without gum as issued, very fine and attractive group

ICP 1897 30 C Carp in pink, mint hinged, very fine

4 C coiling dragon, faulty, with bar cancel and cds SHANGHAI LOCAL POPST 23.3.00 alongside together with French 10 C overprinted "Chine" tied by cds SHANG-HAI 26.3.00 to coloured picture postcard "Chinese Opium Smokers" mailed to Elberfeld, arrival 29.4.00 on front

2 C and 4x ½ C Coiling Dragon with additional French 10 C, overprinted "Chine", on picture postcard "Chinese Fencing" from SHANGHAI 13.6.01 to Austria/Bohemia, mailed through the French postal service, arrival Kuoty/Kaulh 22.7.01, very fine

11 Stamps 1912 Sun Yat Sen and Yuan Shih Kai, all mnh, fine group

Sven Hedin 1932 complete set clear cancelled, fine

1947, Sun Yat Sen mixed franking with total postage $ 4.800 in five values on overseas airmail registered cover from TIENTSIN 25.7.47 to Austria, transit Shanghai and arrival Vienna 9.8.47 on reverse, censored upon arrival

1 C postal stationery card with cds SHANGHAI "Local Post" 13.3.07, on reverse an imprinted invitation to a spectacle on the occasion of the Kings birthday presented by the crew of the German battleship "Niobe", very fine

1 C junk orange brown, stationery card with additional 4 C Sun Yat Sen of a German professor at the university in CANTON 12.4.33 to Königsberg in Germany, on reverse imprinted instructions to forward his incoming mail, very fine

Mao $ 3000 on air mail cover from PEKING via CANTON to SAN FRANCISCO, vertical fold, fine

1954-1955, 4 complete sets, Lenin, National Congress, Chinese-Soviet Friendship and Friedrich Engels, without gum as issued, very fine

Tien an Men souvenir sheet, mint no gum as issued, fine

Tien an Men souvenir sheet, mint no gum as issued, fine

Tien an Men, three souvenir sheets, mint no gum as issued, tiny faults, fine trio