1915, G.R. MAFIA Handstamp in violet: 2r. green, fresh color, good centering and perforation, unused, hardly perceptible vertical crease, an exceptionally rare stamp, with just 14 (David Field) issued or 20 examples (Bob Gibbs) believed to have been issued regardless of the overprint color; Gibbs estimates 12 examples for the reddish violet overprint, a very attractive stamp, a.o. signed Hoffmann-Giesecke and certificate BPA (2024)

1872, Tigerhead 6 sh. brown-violet, on soft, thin, yellowish wove paper, position 4 on the sheet of four subjects, fresh color, good margins all around, without gum as issued, rare, signed Köhler 

1858/59, Barquitos 4 p. red, deep and fresh color, good margins, barely touched at lower right, used with blue “ponchito”, tiny pinhole, a very fine and attractive example in well above average quality, a.o. signed Thier and certificate Philatelic.Experts (2026)

1853/1854: Postmaster General's Postal Notices (2) with March 1853 examples "Reduction of Postage on Letters to Brazil" and the new rates to be charged from April 1st. with payment in advance only; and August 1854 example "Mails for Brazil and the River Plate" noting that mail would now be possible twice a month due to a contract with the South American and General Steam Navigation Co. Both with restoration and each with "LERWICK" Post Office...

1843, Bullseye 90 r. black, fresh color and good margins all around, neatly used with cds., very fine and attractive, signed Stock

1897, Empress Dowager 1-24 ca., fresh colors, mostly good perforations, used with seal resp.  9-12 ca. with clear “CUSTOMS SHANGHAI”, fine

1897, Empress Dowager with surcharge, large figures: 30 C. on 24 cn. rose, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, signed

4 c. dark brown, neatly tied by superb strike of “HANKOW 23 FEB 99” cds to postcard to Landau, Germany, in combination with Hong Kong 1882 2 c. carmine, horizontal pair, correctly making up the 4 cents rate for onward conveyence, tied by “HONG KONG MR 2 99”, with arrival datestamp (8 April) alongside. A very and lovely mixe franking.

1898, Coiling Dragon 10 c. green, neatly tied by bilingual cds “PEKING 23 NOV 99” with additional Japanese 10 s. brown with “IPO.” (Webb Type Peking 1) to red band envelope to Dorchester, USA, handed over in transit to the foreign Japanese Office with “SHANGHAI I.J.P.O 28 NOV 99", reverse transit and arrival; the 10 cents adhesive with small fault, the envelope with minor soiling at top, still fine. An exceedingly rare usage from the IPO...

"SHANGHAI 31 AUG.98", dollar chop on Japanese postcard 2 s. with additional franking UPU-Koban 1 s. green (2) to Tsingtaufort with arrival marks.

1964, 15th PRC Anniversary, 8 f. complete strip of three (folded vertically between stamps), neatly tied with additional franking on reverse to envelope to Lalitpur, Nepal with arrival cds., president Mao quote imprint at upper left “what is most feared in the world is the word serious. The Communist Party is the one that values the word serious the most”. Fine and scarce usage