Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong

Municipal PostsShanghai1865 (3 Oct.) blue commercial lettersheet to Nagasaki "pr Sr Perseus" bearing, on the flap, a good strike of "shanghae/loca...

Municipal PostsChinkiangPostage Due: 1895 ½c. rose-red variety "DE" for "DUE" in a lower right corner block of eight, large part original gum. A g...

Municipal PostsFoochow1893 (July) Shanghai 2c. postal stationery card (Livingston PC6) to Shanghai cancelled by circular "local postal agency/fooc...

Municipal PostsHankow1893 second issue 2c. to 30c. set of five used on individual pieces cancelled by 1893 (30 June) c.d.s.; also additional 2c. a...

Municipal PostsHankowAn unused selection with 1893 2c. (5), 5c., 20c. and 30c., 1894 2c. (2), 1894 Postage Due 2c. and 1894 pictorial 2c. and 5c.;...

Municipal PostsKewkiang1894 First Issue1c. die proof in black on thin soft wove paper in mauve, the paper 33x37mm has a slight shiny surface to it...

Municipal PostsKewkiang1894 First Issue5c. die proof in slate-grey on thicker white wove paper, 28x37mm; fresh and fine. Photo

Municipal PostsKewkiang1894 First Issue6c. die proof in bright lemon on thicker white wove paper, 33x32mm; uneven margins. Fresh and fine. Photo

Municipal PostsKewkiang1894 First Issue10c. die proof in grey-black on yellow-ochre, surfaced paper, small margins, small creases. In the issued c...

Municipal PostsKewkiang1894 First Issue20c. die proof in black on pink wover paper, 29x55mm. Fine. Photo

Municipal PostsKewkiang1894 Unissued Little Orphan Rock Design1c. uncleared die proof in grey-black on thin, soft wove paper in pink with uncleare...

Municipal PostsKewkiang1894 Unissued Little Orphan Rock Design1c. in black on surfaced, white wove paper, with uncleared sky, 43x40mm. Fine with v...

Municipal PostsKewkiang1894 Unissued Little Orphan Rock Design1c. die proof in black on thin wove paper in pink, 38x62mm, there is a second layer ...

Municipal PostsKewkiang1894 Unissued Little Orphan Rock Design1c. final design die proof in slate-grey on thin wove paper in mauve, 41x55 mm, the ...

Municipal PostsKewkiang1894 Unissued Little Orphan Rock Design1c. final design, two se-tenant proofs in bright lemon and in orange-red on buff wov...

Municipal PostsKewkiang1894 Issued Little Orphan Rock Design1c. uncleared design on stout wove paper; with partly uncleared surround and corner sq...

Municipal PostsKewkiang1894 Issued Little Orphan Rock Design1c. finished design in grey-black on stout wove paper, 28x70mm; fine. With the issued ...

Municipal PostsKewkiang1894 Issued Little Orphan Rock Design1c. finished design in grey-blue on cream wove paper, 32x52 mm; fine. Photo

Municipal PostsKewkiang1894 Issued Little Orphan Rock Design1c. finished design in orange-red on surfaced wove paper, 33x70 mm. Shows partial doub...

Municipal PostsNanking1897 imperforate 1c. dull vermilion, a selection of used in singles and multiples bearing the Local Post cancellation in eit...

Municipal PostsWuhuPostage Due: 1895 2c. yellow-orange, second printing, variety watermark inverted, part original gum; creased corner perf., fres...

ChinaLarge Dragons1878 Thin Paper3ca. vermilion-red [22] showing the broken top left corner which only occured after the second setting, with part...

ChinaLarge Dragons1878 Thin Paper3ca. vermilion-red [22] showing the broken top left corner bearing a central strike of Chinkiang Customs 1881 (7 ...

ChinaLarge Dragons1882 Wide Setting1ca. in a full green shade [21], unused; redistributed gum and centred high. Shows the character dah touching t...

ChinaLarge Dragons1882 Wide Setting5ca. yellow [21] over inked and showing solid features around the dragon's head, there is also a non-constant r...

ChinaLarge Dragons1883 Thicker Paper1ca. to 5ca. set of three in horizontal pairs with 1ca. light green [22-18] from Setting V cancelled by Tients...

ChinaLarge Dragons1883 Thicker Paper1ca. to 5ca. set of three in blocks of four with 1ca. light green [18-12/6-19] of Setting VII (repaired tear a...

ChinaLarge Dragons1883 Thicker Paper3ca. bright vermilion-red [10] showing over inking variety which shows inked-in features around the dragon's h...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksAmoyMail Matter: 1ca. pale green and green joined together to show a complete strike of the double oval cancellation in...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksAmoy— 3ca. pale red-brown cancelled by a fairly central and light strike of "amoy customs/mail/matter" double oval in r...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksAmoyCustoms Datestamp: 1882 3ca. vermilion-red, rough perfs. cancelled by a part, yet clear strike of Customs Amoy date...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksCantonCustoms Datestamp: 1ca. to 5ca. set of three cancelled by the Customs c.d.s. in red, 1ca. bright sage-green on th...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksChefooSeal Cancellation: 1ca. to 5ca. set of three with 1ca. yellow-green [23], 3ca. light red and 5ca. orange-yellow w...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksChefoo— 1ca. to 5ca. set of three with 1ca. full green with the seal in black, 3ca. red with seal in blue and 5ca. chro...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksChefooCustoms Datestamp: 1880 dates, 1ca. to 5ca. set of three cancelled by datestamps in black with 1ca. in dull yello...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksChinkiangPost Office Datestamp: 1879 (9 Apr.) a readable and central strike on 3ca. dull red; a few perf. irregularitie...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksChinkiang— 1879 dates, 1ca. to 5ca. set of three cancelled by central strike of the "post office/chinkiang" c.d.s., 1ca...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksChinkiangCustoms Datestamp: 1879 (17 Apr.) 3ca. vermilion-red with a very fine and central strike of this c.d.s. Fine a...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksChinkiang— 1879 dates; 1ca. to 5ca. set of three with 1ca. green cancelled by a faint strike dated (11 July), 3ca. verm...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksChinkiang— 1880 dates; 1ca. to 5ca. set of three with 1ca. bright green [23] dated (15 Oct.), 3ca. bright scarlet dated...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksChinkiang— 1881 dates; 1ca. to 5ca. set of three with 1ca. bright green dated (24 Jan.), 3ca. red dated (20 July) imper...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksChinkiang— 1882 dates; 1ca. to 5ca. set of three with 1ca. full green dated (9 Jan.), 3ca. dull red dated (22 July) (bl...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksChinkiang— 1883 dates; 1ca. to 5ca. set of three with 1ca. bright green dated (6 Mar.), 3ca. dull red, wide setting [7]...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksChinkiang— 1884 dates; 1ca. to 5ca. set of three with 1ca. green with unclear datestamp, 3ca. pale red on thicker paper...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksChinkiang— 1885 dates; 1ca. to 5ca. set of three with 1ca. green [4] with the yeardate, 3ca. vermilion on thicker paper...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksChinkiang— 1886 dates; 1ca. to 5ca. set of three on thicker paper with 1ca. green dated (10 June), 3ca. vermilion-red d...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksHankowCustoms Datestamp: 1882 (25 Oct.) 5ca. yellow cancelled by a light and central strike of the Hankow Customs c.d.s...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksHankow— Unclear yeardate (28 Dec.) 5ca. bright yellow cancelled by a central strike of the first type customs c.d.s. in...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksHankow— 1894 (13 Apr.) 1ca. light green on thicker paper cancelled by a light strike of the second type datestamp with ...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksKiukiangMail Matter: 1882, 3ca. dull red, Wide Setting bearing "kiukiang customs/mail matter" oval, in addition there i...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksKiukiangCustoms Datestamp: 1881 (23 Nov.) 3ca. dull red bearing a light and central strike of the first type customs po...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksKiukiang— 1ca to 5ca. set of three cancelled by the red customs c.d.s. with 1ca. bright green, 3ca. deep red on thicker...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksNewchwangSeal Cancellation: 1ca. to 5ca. set of three with 1ca. yellow-green, 3ca. vermilion [4] showing the semi-circl...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksNewchwangCustoms Datestamp: 1878 (28 Dec.) 5ca. yellow bearing a fine and central strike of the customs c.d.s., clearly...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksNewchwang— 1879 dates; 1ca. to 5ca. set of three with 1ca. green dated (6 Sept.), 3ca. red dated (5 Sept.) and 5ca. yel...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksNewchwang— 1880 dates, 1ca. to 5ca. set of three, 1ca. yellowish green [11] dated (31 May), 3ca. dull red dated (2 Oct....

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksNewchwang— 1881 (30 Aug.) 3ca. red bearing part Customs datestamp clearly showing the variety year inverted, "18" for "...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksNewchwang— 1881 dates; 1ca. to 5ca. set of three with 1ca. light green dated (21 Oct.), 3ca. light red dated (13 Dec.) ...

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksNewchwang— 1882 (28 Sept.) 3ca. red, Wide Setting, bearing a very readable strike of the Customs c.d.s. Fresh and fine....

ChinaLarge DragonsPostmarksNewchwang— 1882 3ca. dull red, Wide Setting, cancelled by a clean, part strike of the Customs c.d.s. clearly showing th...