Petite Treasures – May 2026

1882, large dragon 3 ca. red, type II, wide margins, used, few short perfs, otherwise fine.

1882, large dragon 3 ca. red, type III, used, few short perfs, otherwise fine.

1883, 3 ca. red large dragon, used, clear cancelled, few short perforations, otherwise fine.

1878, 5 ca. deep yellow large dragon, used, clear Customs cancelled, perforation cut at right, few short perforations, otherwise fine.

1878, large dragon 5 ca. orange, type I, thin paper, used with light cancellation, few short perfs at top left, otherwise fine, signed.

1878, large dragon 5 ca. yellow, type II, thin paper, wide margins, used with clear cancellation, good perfs, very fine and fresh colour.

1883, 5 ca. yellow large dragon, unused no gum, two short perforations on top right, otherwise fine and bright colour.

1882, large dragon 5 ca. yellow, type III, thick paper clean cut perfs, blue cancellation, fine, signed.

1883, 5 ca. yellow large dragon, used, light blue cancelled, good perforation, fine and deep colour.

1885, small dragon 1 ca. to 5 ca. complete set of six stamps, all clear cancelled, showing different shades and perfs, fine group

1885, Small Dragon 1 ca. green and 3 ca. violet, perf. 11½ to 12, well centered, unused with full original gum, both very fine and fresh colors.

1885, small dragon 1 ca. to 3 ca. plus 9 ca. green, set of four stamps, all unused with gum, fine group

1894/97, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 4 ca. pale rose, plus 4 cents on 4 ca. type II, well centered, unused with full original gum, both very fine and fresh colors.

1897, Small figures Dowager 2nd printing space 3mm, four values up to 10 c. on 6 ca. lilac-brown, all unused with gum, rough perforation as usual, fine set.

1897, Small and large figures overprinted Dowager six values up to 10 c. on 12 ca. orange-brown, all used with customs and dollar-chop marks, rough perforation as usual, fine set.

1897, Empress dowager first printing 10 cents / 12 c. brown-orange, surcharge large figures, wide spacing, used with light cancellation, deep color, few short perforations and tiny crease on top, otherwise fine.

1897, Red Revenue one cent on 3 c. unused with part gum and hinge remain, fine

1897, Red Revenue one cent on 3 c. cancelled by part customs shanghai, fine

1897, Red Revenue 2 c. on 3 c. cancelled by part dollar chop, small thin, otherwise fine

1901, CIP 1 c. ochre two stamps clear tied by Pa Kua cancellation to postcard, additional Hong Kong QV 2 c. green, printed matter rate, tied by "SHANGHAI C - DE/2/01" c.d.s. and black oneliner "From Steamers Letter box" to Belgium with additional 5 c. green postage due because of too much text treated as a postcard and thus insufficiently franked, a very scarce mixed franking card, showpiece

1912, Sun Yatsen set of nine values up to 50 c. green, all unused original gum, fine.

1912, Sun Yatsen $2 brown, unused original gum, very fine.

1912, Sun Yatsen $5 grey, unused original gum, very fine.

1912, Yuan Shih-Kai $2 brown, unused regummed, otherwise fine.

1912, Yuan Shih-Kai $5 grey, unused original gum, fine.

1913, Junk London printing set of 15 values up to 50 c. green, all unused original gum, fine.

1934, SYS $1 reddish-brown pair, reaper 50 c. deep green, 5 c. green and 2 c. green performing  $2.57 tied by "KALGAN 10.9.23" c.d.s. to air mail bank cover by registered-A.R. to Berlin. Transits Peking 11.9.23, Shanghai 12.9.23 and arrival mark "BERLIN 2.10.34". Commercial usage with red senders handstamp "The World Red Swastika Society, Chapei branch society", tiny border crease, otherwise fine and very attractive

1927, Two mongolian company covers bearing each 5 x 4 c. olive, both registered AR from KALGAN (Zhangjiakou) to Geman Consulate Novosibirsk, large boxed censor mark “3” and arrival marks, toned but still fine pair

1936, Peking printing 30 c. red on cover tied by LANCHOW 4.8.36 cds., addressed to German Consulate Dairen, “To Peiping or Shanghai by Air Mail” on top right, ms. “Foreign Affairs” and “Dalian”, on reverse transit mark “Shanghai 6.8.25" (=1936), fine and attractive cover to Dairen during japanese occupation.

1941/43, Three registerd large format covers with high frankings from German Consulate Tientsin, German Embassy Shanghai and Melchers Forwarding Dept. Shanghai to German Consulate in Kobe Japan. Two with red german labels on reverse, official mail and air mail marks, faults and crease but still fine and very interesting postal history

1897/1930, little collection on nine album pages, London and Peking printings, overprinted issues and postage due.

1904/12, 30 c. blue with gutter margin, plus eight postage due stamps, all unused with gum, very fine.

1900, Round-The-World China ICP Postal Stationery card 1 ct. rose used uprated CIP 1 ct. and 2 ct., represent 4 cents foreign postcard rate, clear tied by SWATOW 6/NOV/00 c.d.s. addressed to Germany and forewarded with Germania 5 pf. and 10 pf. from DÜSSELDORF 11.12.02 to USA and there additional two 1 c. green Franklin and Washington tied by PENSACOLA FLD. FEB/26/1903, forewarded to France transit on reverse PARIS 10.3.03 and additional two 25 c. blue tied by ST NAZAIRE 13.3.03, forewarded to Russia with 4 kop. 25.4.1903 and forewarded with transit marks CARDIFF AP/3/03 and LONDON 2/4/03 on reverse and additional Edward 2 d. tied by PENARTH AP/21/03, forewarded via Netherlands with 5 c. and 10 c. tied by AMSTERDAM 9/JUL/03 and oval violet arrival mark BROOKLYN N.Y. JUL/20/03. Several different address labels have been stuck on top of each other. A very unusal and attractive early postal stationery usage and impressive seven-country combination

1908, two 1 c. green postal stationery cards, both handpainted, one 'man and woman making tea' the other ‘four chinese woman playing cards’, one postally unused the other used uprated with German Post in China by TIENTSIN cds., fine pair and very attractive.

1936, 2½ c. postal stationery card uprated by 3 c. brown and tied with ´CANTON´´ native c.d.s. Written by the German Consul in Hong Kong addressed to the German Consulate in Dairen, message “please sent further mails to Hong Kong”

"TSCHINWANGTAU 19/2 04" auf Ganzsachenkarte 10 Pfg. mit interessantem Text über den Russisch-Japanischen Krieg, nach Ebstorf, mit Ankunftsstempel.