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SHANGHAI & TREATY PORT LITERATURE

SHANGHAI LARGE DRAGONS by Dr. Wei-Liang Chow, translation by Fortune Wang. HB, 182 pp. Collectors of the "Large Dragons" of the first issue of Shanghai Local Post may be aware of the existence of a revised edition by the late Dr. Wei-Liang Chow and edited by L. Kullman entitled "Shanghai Large Dragons: The Issue of the Shanghai Local Post". This invaluable book, a must for all keen students of China philately, is the extended work of the late Mr. Lyon Livingston. For a lot of specialized collectors in this area, this proves to be an obstacle if they are not well versed in English. This translation reproduces the original work and printing varieties, and catalogue numbers have been assigned to all. There is also a Michel and Yvert cross-reference which helps collectors to identify their stamps easily. The book ends with a section reproducing the complete content of Livingston's long out-of-print 1971 edition of "The Shanghai Postal System" in English, which includes the Treaty Ports (Amoy-Wuhu). Limited Quantity Available $40.00

Postal Stationery of Shanghai & Treaty Ports by Stanley Kruger, Donald Alexander. Published 1999 by the China Stamp Society. Hardbound with bright red binding and gold lettering, 66 pages. Authoritative treatment with enlarged illustrations that greatly expand the Han #s with new CSS#s. Every variety is clearly described with most illustrated. A wonderful book. Limited Edition $35.00

CHINA 1878 - 1949 LITERATURE

Chan/Ma Catalogues and Correlations:

MA’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE STAMPS OF CHINA, VOLUME I—EMPIRE (1878-1911) An entirely new extremely specialized revision of the essential catalog for the China specialist, includes a wealth of information on stamps of the Empire. The dedicated China collector can’t afford not to own it. To grasp how detailed this Ma is, the Large Dragons consume 83 pages. All cliches (25!) are described and illustrated. Every distinctive shade is noted and priced. Paper thicknesses, proofs, essays, errors, and more are here. Everything is priced. This detailing continues throughout. The attention paid to the Coiling Dragons is unbelievable. A marvelous book. Published at $47.00. Now sale price at $25.00

CHINA 1878-1949 SCOTT/MA/CHAN CATALOG CORRELATION INCLUDING JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF CHINA, SHANGHAI-TREATY PORTS, AND MANCHUKUO by Ralph Weil with Michael Rogers. 2006, second edition, SB. At last, a China catalogue number correlation which helps every collector who uses Scott, Ma or Chan catalogues. Its three sections offer a Scott/Ma/Chan correlation; a Chan/Scott/Ma correlation; and a Ma/Scott/Chan Correlation. While the sequences which Scott, Ma, and Chan follow in organizing their material are logical, each uses different criteria. Thus, matching Scott, Ma, and Chan numbers can be most time-consuming. Our catalogue correlation is effort-free and most helpful; we use it every time we work on China! $20.00

General China Literature:

Asian Philately and the Special List. J. Millard Williams published a regular newsletter from 1971 to 1991. This started off as “The Special List” as it was mainly a listing of new and special material not listed on his yearly “Master Lists”. As this progressed, this publication began to include short articles offering information on discoveries made in new material being acquired. Readers started contributing their knowledge of what they had in their collections and this newsletter grew into a journal. In 1977, the format changed after Special List #51 and the new booklet format became known as “Asian Philately” starting with whole number 52 (AP Vol 1 No 1). By that time, research articles were making up at least 50% of the text of each issue. In the fourteen years of regular publication that followed, dozens of articles and serious research studies on Chinese stamps and postal history were written by the author and contributors and published in this newsletter. Many of these articles, including those covering subjects such as the HK Martyrs and the Great Wall Airmails are almost book length in scope. Other subjects included the New Peking Prints, marginal markings found on Japanese Occupation stamps, the NE China gate series, third Dr Sun series, 3 and 7 cent surcharges and money orders plus Manchurian postal history. Some of these articles have been republished overseas. There are also articles updating the many Kerr and Williams books. This newsletter has won international literature awards. It is absolutely loaded with pertinent, concise, interesting information for the Chinese collector. Despite the name “Asian”, the content is 99% Chinese. The unbound set realized over £250 in an English auction! $250.00

Complete set of 14 volumes with index, bound in 3 books $310.00

THE GREAT WALL. Journal of the China Stamp Collectors Club of Australasia. This excellent journal, published from 1956 until 1962, contained many articles about the stamps of Imperial, Nationalist, and Communist China as well as Tibet, Bhutan, Mongolia, Japan, Vietnam, and Korea. There are articles by such experts as J. Singer, J. Negus, Allen Kerr, W. E. Jones, and others. The original consisted of 15 issues in five volumes that contained some 330 pages. This reproduction is in four 8½"x11" paperback books with complete text and illustrations. Portions of the CSCCA bulletin have been included along with a complete index which was not in the original. Paperbound; set of 4 books $80.00

JOURNAL OF CHINESE PHILATELY. Journal of the Chinese Philatelic Society of London (CSPL) Vols II, III, V, VI, VII; 304 pp. First published as the "China Section Bulletin" by the members of the CSPL, this journal has contributed much to what we know of Chinese Philately. In the past, several of the early volumes have become almost impossible to obtain, and these have been reproduced by J. M. Williams in 8½"x11" format containing all the text and illustrations of the original including the advertising. Hundreds of articles on China, Formosa, Tibet, Mongolia, foreign P.O.s, Treaty Ports, Macao, and more. This journal is one of the most outstanding reference works ever published on Chinese Philately. $90.00

CHINA’S POSTAL SERVICES I by Chu Chia-Hua, 1937. SB reprint by Michael Rogers Inc. of 112 pages in English. Acclaimed historical survey of the Ministry of Communications & Postal Administration with emphasis on postal services such as postal remittances & postal savings, stamp booklets, parcel service and how the system functions. The author was Minister of Communications and Kuomingtang Secretary-General and, after 1948, senior advisor to Chiang Kai-shek. Much information not available elsewhere. A must for any serious China collector. $20.00

CHINA’S POSTAL SERVICES II: COMMERCIAL AVIATION by Chu Chia-Hua, 1937. SB reprint by Michael Rogers Inc. of 43 pages in English. The author was Minister of Communications and Kuomingtang Secretary-General and, after 1948, senior advisor to Chiang Kai-shek. In-depth background of Eurasia, South West aviation, CNAC air companies: Routes, Aircraft, Military airmail. 1937 China Stamp Society review: “must reading”. $12.00

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PHILATELIC FOLIO. Published by L. F. Livingston 1952-53, sized 6" x 9" with in-depth essays.

Vol. 1 No. 1 March 1952, 32 pp. Foochow Bisect, China: Center Inverted, Stampless Covers of Korea $5.00

Vol. 1 No. 2 June 1952, 48 pp. 1897 Revenue Surcharges of China, Gold Yuan Issues of China, First Issue of China on Watermarked Paper, Shanghai Postal System, Hankow $5.00

Vol. 2 No. 1-2 March-June 1953, 64 pp. Chinese Post Offices in Tibet, North China, Mengkiang, Foochow Post Office, Another Dowager Discovery $8.00

More China Literature:

CHINA AND TREATY PORTS by S. A. Pappadopulo. 1935, SB, 106 pp. 1985 reprint by Michael Rogers Inc.with essays about every key issue of China 1878-1935 plus the Treaty Ports. This handy volume helps us understand each issue's background; for example, the many Dowager issues are well explained: the normal 1894 set (Scott 16-24), those printed elsewhere (Scott 16n-24n), the Mollendorf presentation set, and how to distinguish each. Then the various small and large overprints are carefully described. Prices listed are in 1934 dollars. How we wish we could buy at those prices! $14.00

STAMPS OF CHINA WITH TREATY PORTS AND FORMOSA (1878-1937) by Leonard Cane. 64-page softbound reprint by J. Millard Williams. Essays and illustrations of China including unissued like the 1932 Shanghai postal strike pane. Includes Chinese provinces, PRC Soviet Zone, Treaty Ports, and Formosa. A fascinating book. Scarce. $18.00

Classical China by L. F. Livingston. 1956, illustrated, 34 pages, stapled. China essays on the classics, first issues, definitives, errors and varieties, production methods, forgeries and counterfeits, postal markings, covers, histories. A fascinating, rare handbook, not a reprint $12.00

DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF CHINESE POSTAGE STAMPS WITH APPENDICES by Juan Mencarini, revised by Chow. 1937, 60 pages, softcover. Reprint by J. M. WIlliams. The historical source of much of the information which is quoted today. Excellent for history, stamp details like shades, quantities issued, postal stationery, Offices in Tibet. In English with two pages of Chinese. The appendices are historical documents, customs documents, platings. A fine book. $20.00

SPECIAL CATALOGUE OF THE STAMPS OF CHINA by A. Schumann. 1941, J.M. Williams publisher (reprint), SB, 86 pgs. A classic, written in China by an expert. Many details on varieties, with illustrations. Errors and Varieties, Printing, Production, Overprints and Surcharges, Provisionals and Forerunners. $12.50

EMPRESS DOWAGER JUBILEE AND ITS SURCHARGES (110th ANNIVERSARY OF EMPRESS DOWAGER JUBILEE ISSUE). Edited by Shih-Jen Chen, HB boxed, 368 pgs. English/Chinese in full color. Studies in depth the difficult stamps & postal history 1894-7 with many photos. One of the finest handbooks available. Every facet discussed: proofs, errors, multiples, spacings, Mollendorf issue, printings, combination covers. Many photos/information unseen before. Lovely. Commendations to the editor. $90.00

IMPERIAL CHINA: HISTORY OF THE POSTS 1897 by Major Richard Pratt. 1998, HB, 384 pp., black & white illustrations and color plates. (Note: Jacket reads "to 1897" but the book covers only the post in 1897.) Explains the watershed year of 1897 and the transition from Customs to Imperial Post. A wonderful book, full of information for even the most knowledgeable, as well as lucidly presented for the beginner. $49.95

PROVINCIAL SURCHARGES OF CHINA: A GUIDE TO IDENTIFICATION AND PRICES edited by Ralph Weil and Stephen Gates. Published by Michael Rogers Inc., 2000, 18 pages, illustrated, 4 transparencies in pocket. Covers the 1940-43 provincial surcharges and overprints (Scott 441-48, 482-91, 525-49). Identification, errors, and varieties: Shanghai, Szechwan, Chekiang, Kiangsi, Fukien, Hunan, Hunan-Kwangtung, Anhwei, Kansu, Honan, Fukien-Chekiang, Hupeh, Kwangsi, Kwangtung, Kweichow, Eastern and Western Szechwan, Shensi, and Yunnan. $15.00

National Currency Issues of China Including Commemorative Stamps and Military Post Issues by William E. Jones. Published by J. Millard Williams in 1975, reprint edition of 25 pages, SB, with enlarged illustrations: China 1945-8, Overprints and Surcharges, Catalogue and pricelist going into much detail. Jones was present when these stamps were issued, so this work has a first-person view. $20.00

THE NATIONAL CURRENCY STAMPS OF CHINA 1945-48 by J. Millard Williams. 100 pages, illustrated, softbound, 1981. Unbelievably detailed, more so than Chan or Ma. Charts, illustrations, clear text, the end-all study written by the living master in America. Makes these sometimes complex issues much easier. China 1945-48, Production, Overprints and Surcharges, Errors and Varieties, Postal History, Postal Rates, Japan Occupation of China, Formosa. $15.00

THE GOLD YUAN STAMPS OF CHINA by J. Millard Williams. 90 pages, illustrated, softbound, 1977. Exceptional handbook going far beyond Ma or Chan, this being the last word. A "one stop" for the specialist with charts and many illustrations. Clear, erudite text. Wonderful book - can't say enough nice about it. Production, Overprints, Surcharges, Monetary Systems, Rates of Exchange. $15.00

The Silver Currency Stamps and Temporary Labels of China by William E. Jones. Published by J. Millard Williams in 1975, 51 pgs, softbound, reprint. China 1948-9 issue: Overprints and Surcharges, seals and labels. A classic book, difficult to locate even as a reprint. $20.00

CHIU’S SUPPLEMENT: SILVER YUANS by Chiu Chee-Wan, edited/arranged by Michael Rogers. Highly detailed accounting of the Chinese Silver Yuan issues with many photos and illustrations. SB, 8½” x11", 63 single spaced pages noting general and province issues with stamps, postage paid marks, and labels. Errors, varieties and forgeries. An absolutely essential book. $16.00

CHINESE POSTAGE STAMP BOOKLETS by Ellery Denison. SB, 41 pp. A full explanation of all Chinese 1917-1936 (Junk; Sun Yat-sen) and Taiwanese 1958-1990 (Map; Flag) booklets, including background details, postal regulations, and production, using information unavailable elsewhere, with text and many illustrations. $10.00

CHINESE POSTAL STATIONERY GUIDEBOOK edited by Michael Rogers. 1989, SB, 27 pgs. In English. A Higgins & Gage + Han Catalogue Numbering Correlation with 1985 Han pricing (found only in Chinese edition not available in the US), The 1985 Han is the most recent published edition. Contents include POSTAL CARDS (Imperial, Republic, ROC/Taiwan, Provinces, Japanese Occupation, international, greeting, field post, prompt delivery, commemorative, cheering troops, "thank you", unstamped); STAMPED ENVELOPES (Imperial, Republic, and ROC/Taiwan, prompt delivery, registration, international airmail, field post); and AEROGRAMMES (International and Domestic) $8.00

THE PARCEL POST STAMPS OF CHINA by P.N. Davey, 1989, softbount; illustrated, 15 pages; a study of the parcel post stamps isued by the Nationalists and the Communists in the second half of the 1940's; Hunan, Kwangsi, West Szechwan Nationalist issues; Communist issues of East, Central, North, Northeast, and Southwest China; includes concordance for Chan, Mizuhara, SG, Scott, Millard Williams, Yang and Yu catalogues

$16.00

THE PERFINS OF CHINA by Paul N. Davey, (1992, The China Clipper-CSS), 22 stapled pages; covers perfins found on the stamps of Imperial and Republican China, foreign post offices, local posts, Manchukuo, and PRC. Includes unofficial perfins, and the official perfins of Sinkiang province. It does not include stamps of foreign offices without overprints, or stamps used in the Treaty Ports. 16.00

POSTAGE METER AND “POSTAGE PAID” MACHINE STAMPS OF CHINA by Richard Stembaugh and Dee D. Drell. 40 pages softbound (loose-leaf). Includes valuation information. China, Republic of China, Taiwan, East China, People's Republic of China (1949-), Metered Mail, Machine Cancels, Affixing Machines, Bibliographies. Published by The China Stamp Society. $10.00

SEALS AND LABELS OF CHINA by Ed Bohannon. 1994, SB, 24 pages. So much of China philately falls outside the traditional boundaries. This illustrated booklet covers quasi-postage stamps: TB, Charity, Famine Relief, Red Cross and Religious Seals, priced in points. $10.00

THE BENDIG NOTEBOOK, THE REVENUE STAMPS OF CHINA. Published by J. Millard Williams. 3-hole punched, 185 pages, 8 1/2 x 11"/ A clear and readable copy, crisp and sharp, unlike the reproductions in the 1960's, of this valuable work. Includes Imperial, Republic, Japanese Occupation, Taiwan, etc. Complete with extensive bibliography and detailed index. A treasure trove of information for the collector. $50.00

Postal History Literature:

Airpost 1921-1932: An Exhibit of the Most Elusive Chinese Flight Covers and Markings from the Chinese Classical Airpost Period. 34 photocopied pages. An international award-winning exhibit expertly written up with great flight covers and a goldmine of information. Covers represent internal Chinese flights and the 1925 flights to Japan. Covers especially show the less common varieties of cancels; cachets; unusual frankings; pilots' autographs; and routings. The collection was auctioned in 1989. $12.00

COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF COVERS WITH SINKIANG PROVISIONAL AIRMAIL STAMPS (1932-1933) by David Lu. 2001, SB, 256 pp., in Chinese and English. A skillful dissertation on all aspects of these elusive flight covers. To guard against forgeries, one must know more than what standard reference works tell us. 179 genuine and 18 forged flight covers are photographed and explained. $30.00

LIST OF POST OFFICES IN CHINA 1936, HB, new printing. English alphabetical translated into Chinese with P. O. status noted, province and name of the nearest telegraph station in English and Chinese. 417 photocopied pages with over 15,000 entries. Essential for postal history and postmark collecting. $45.00

HISTORY OF POSTAL CANCELLATIONS OF CHINA by Paul Chang. Most of the topics included in this 10-volume work have been heavily illustrated from Mr. Chang's own collection, either on stamps, on piece, or on covers. Since each book covers several distinct subjects, purchase of all 10 is highly recommended.

Volumes 1-4 HB, 1990, A must for postal historians which will be able to assist the search of the pre-1909 postal system and the ever-changing postal rates. In particular, very helpful where tables of domestic and international rates are included. Unbelievably useful work that photos each cover or cancel and identifies usage, routing by postmarks, from stampless to 1912. All from Mr. Chang's own collection. Detailed yet lucid, easy to use. 1924 pages in English and some Chinese $200.00

Volume 1: Early Custom Paid Marking; Custom Dates; Seal Cancels; Custom "Mail Matter"; Custom House Chop; Hua Yang, Shu Hsin Kuan & Po-Ssu-Sa Dates; "Top Pay" and "C.P.O." Chops; "No Demand", "No Pay", Early Taiwan Cancels; "Shanghai Local Post Office"

Volume 2: Pa Kua, Imperial Dates; Dollar Dates; Unusual Dates; English/Chinese Oval Dates; Bi-lingual Dates; Sun-Moon Dates; Shantung Small Circle Dates; Tibetan Postal marks: I.P.O. Tie Print

Volume 3: Wooden Carved Cancels, 9 Categories: Post Office; Branch Office; Numbered Dates; Post Box; Letter Chest; Agency; Letter Case; District; Agency Similarities

Volume 4: Lunar Dates & Categories: Double Cicle Orthodox Writing; Single Circle Orthodox Writing; Double Circle Sung Writing; Single Circle Sung Writing; Lunar Calendar: Horizontal Frame of Chinese; Lunar Calendar: Chinese and English; Lunar Calendar: English; Lunar Dates of English/Chinese .

Volumes 5-7, HB, Continuation of the original 4-volume set, bringing the broad study to 1949. 1872 pages in English and some Chinese $170.00

Volume 5: 1912-1949: Cancels of Year of Kuang-Shu; Year of Lord; Republic Dates; Horizontal Frame; Solid Line; Solid Circle/Dotted Frame; Dotted Lines; Dotted Circle/ Solid Frame

Volume 6: Continuation of Ching Dynasty Cancels; Heng Hsien First year; Japanese: Puppet Manchurian Regime and North China Puppet Regime Cancels; Military Postal Dates; Saving & Remittance Office Dates; Mobile PO; Newspaper under Contract; Roller; Machine; Propaganda; Postage Paid; Postage Meter & Postage Certificate Cancels; Liaison Station; Expedition Letter; Military Personnel Letter; Postal Saving

Volume 7: Postal Train; Ship PO Dates; Automobile PO; Airpost PO Dates; Newspaper in Bulk; Wavy Line Machine Cancel; Horizontal, Vertical, and Straight-Line Propaganda Cancels; Machine & Manually Operated Slogan Cancels; 1906-1949 Postage Paid (Shanghai Paid Dates including Peking & Tientsin); other Paid Dates and Shanghai Local PO

Volumes 8-10, HB. The final 3 books of a great 10-book set. 1988 pages in English and some Chinese $170.00

Volume 8: Registered Postmark; Double Registered Postmark; Mail Matter Checked Mark; Weight of Mail Matter; Mail Route; Substitute Cancels

Volume 9: Express Delivery Service Cancels; Value-Declared Mail Matter & Cancels; Postmarks on Airmail; "On Postal Service" Handstamp and Postal Official Seal; Unpaid & Underpaid Mail Matter; Postal Markings; "Enclosing of Banknotes and/or Coins is Prohibited" Markings; Postal Workers Sabotage in Peiping and Tientsin; Late Posting and "Arrived Late" Marks; "At the Sender's Liability" Marking; Bandit-Robbed Mail and Bandit Stamp; "Return Quickly" and " Par Avion"; "Constrained Delivery to Addressee in Person"; "Stamp Missing"; and "Broken and Officially Sealed"

Volume 10: Returned Postmark; Notice Sent and "Stamp Cancelled"; Exemption from Postal Charges of Items; Mail Censor's Mark and Seal; Commercial and E. D. Marks Used in Shanghai; "Sent to Office" and "Not Sent to Office"; $20 Mark; "Tales of Postman" Marks; "Small Packet" and "Parcel" Mark; "Philatelic Item" Marking; "Postmark Taking Place of Postage Stamp in Expediency"; "Mail Matter Delay by Postal Agency"; Smuggling Mail Matter by Private Letter Agency "To Be Fined" and "Late Posting Fee Paid" Markings; Custom Examined Mark;

Steamer's Name Marks; Diplomatic Lunar Dates with "Peking" on Top

A Concise Catalogue of Postal Cancellations of China (1872-1949) by Paul Ko-Shing Chang. Pub 1996, handbound with a red binding. This work is a condensed version of Mr Chang’s 10 volume opus History of Postal Cancellations ($540 available elsewhere on these pages) without the postal history illustrations. Thousands of postmarks illustrated and identified with a great deal of history explained. Key ingredients pertain to: Postal markings, slogans, postal history 1872-1949, 19th/20th century, fee paid mail, customs markings, locals and private posts, Shanghai, Treaty Posts, post offices, registered mail, post office seals, labels, seals, military mail, censored, prisoner of war and internee mail, propaganda, meters, mobile post offices, railway mail, airmail, shipping companies, free franks etc. China, Formosa, provinces, Tibet.

English-language version (743 pages) $50.00

Chinese-language version (675 pages) $50.00

Japanese Occupation of China Literature:

A SPECIALIZED LISTING OF THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION STAMPS OF CHINA by J. G. Nielsen & R. Weil, c1995. 46 p. ISJP Monograph 11; Includes concordance listing for Chan, Ma, JSCA, Scott, and Gibbons catalogues; does not include catalog prices. $10.00

TAIWAN LITERATURE

CHU KWANG TOWER ISSUE OF TAIWAN by Donald Alexander. 1988, SB, 94 pp., illustrated, with prices and errata. Want to assemble a fascinating collection of inexpensive, easy-to-find material? Here is your blueprint with hundreds of photos and considerable detail in clear text. If you buy this book, we can help you with quantities of mint and used stamps to search through $20.00

FORMOSA by Lyons Livingston. The most knowledgeable dealer of his generation, Livingston's Formosa monograph / pricelist includes an excellent article about the 1886-1895 Black Flag Republic, rarely encountered. $10.00

THE NUMERAL DESIGN ISSUE (of Taiwan) by Norman Vachowiak (1986) 17 photocopied pages, stapled. Comprehensive study of Taiwan's first issue of 1945, including the Japanese essays. $10.00

OVERPRINTED "NEW TAIWAN DOLLAR" STAMPS WITH STANDARD STYLE OF WRITING OF LEAD TYPES, TYPOGRAPHED by Paul Ke-Shing Chang. 1981, SB, 128 pp., in Chinese and (little) English. Specialized study of the Flying Geese Issue, explains some Formosa issues (Scott #91-6, 101-3), especially the $44 Surcharges, and the Taiwan first Flying Geese set (Scott #1007-11), stamps and covers. $50.00

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA LITERATURE

SCOTT-YANG/YANG-SCOTT CATALOG CORRELATION OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (LIBERATED AND UNIFIED AREAS) edited by Ralph Weil with Michael Rogers. 2006, SB, second edition. When US-based collectors want to go beyond Scott, or overseas collectors who use Yang want to purchase from US-based auction houses and pricelists, this book is invaluable. $20.00

Ameripex ’86 Catalog. Show catalog containing the PRC unissued S/S (which we sell separately for $12) and other give-aways. $14.25

PICTORIAL CATALOGUE OF MAXIMUM CARDS OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA Softbound, 142 pages of mostly Chinese text (Prologue & Introduction are in English) and 124 pages of color plates of maximum postcards produced between 1955-1995. The appendix includes regulations for the evaluation and judging of Maximaphily exhibits (in English and Chinese). $20.00

ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE LOCAL POSTAL SURCHARGE LABELS AND RECEIPTS OF HUBEI PROVINCE, PRC. Editors: Charles C Ouyang and Zhu Hanchang. A catalogue on a little known area of modern Chinese philately. This book explains the surcharges levied and the various issues from each of the 60 counties of Hubei Province. In use from 1987 until 1999. Each issue illustrated. Inside & back covers with colored illustrations of usages. No evaluations, 45 pages, softbound, gloss cover, bilingual. Published in 2000 in Wuhan $14.00

ASIA LITERATURE

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Forgeries by Ming Tsang published in 1994, 143 pages with illustrations including rarity information and bibliography. The author identifies forgeries and counterfeits stamps and covers including overprints, surcharges and postal markings. He includes Treaty Port markings. This is an all-inclusive book. A must for the Hong Kong collector. $40.00

HONG KONG PICTURE POSTCARDS by Ming W. Tsang (1996), SB, 185 pages, a travelogue of old and new Hong Kong as 300+ harbor, building, hotel, people, transport and event picture postcards are illustrated and described, Index and value systems included. $40.00

HONG KONG, THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE PRE-ADHESIVE: the Gold Medal collection of Peter Shek, with an introductory essay by Ming Tsang. SB, 192 pp, in English. The postal history of Hong Kong arranged by area in chronological order, in English. $40.00

HONG KONG POSTAL STATIONERY by James Simon Company, 1997, 3rd edition, spiral bound, 8½x11", 99 pgs. Prices at retail with catalogue number, description, mint, unusued & used: formula cards, postal cards, envelopes, aerogrammes, regular envelopes, etc (all stationery) in all reigns. Includes specimens and specialized material. $18.00

HONG KONG REGISTRATION LABELS by Ming W. Tsang, SB, 180 pp. Includes on-cover reference prices. Hong Kong registered mail, post office seals and labels, Cinderella material, post offices, postal history, covers, military mail, exhibitions, catalogs, price lists. $40.00

HONG KONG TREATY PORTS by Ming W. Tsang,1995,129 pp, this work is based on the Mr. Tsang's collection exhibited at the Philadelphia National Philatelic Exhibition in October 1995 at which it was awarded a Vermeil Medal; Hong Kong Postal History; 19th and 20th Century China, JapanTreaty Ports; Postal markings; Maritime Mail Shipping Companies and Packet Service covers; Transoceanic Mail; International Mail Postal Rates; Great Britain Offices in China, Wei-Hai-Wei; Offices Abroad; Postal Agencies; Consular Mail; Registered Mail; Postal Stationery Cards; many photos. $40.00

HONG KONG SCOTT-YANG/YANG-SCOTT CATALOG CORRELATION by Ralph Weil with Michael Rogers. 2006, second edition, SB. Makes the complicated definitives a breeze by Yang. $15.00

YANG'S POSTAGE STAMP & POSTAL HISTORY CATALOGUE OF HONG KONG by N.C. Yang (21st ed. 2004), Yang's Stamp Service, Hong Kong; SB, 165 pages, Color illustrations, includes Postal Markings, Pre-Adhesive Issue, QV-QEII Definitives & commemoratives, S/Ss, Booklets, BOB, BPO in China, Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong, Postal Stationery Issues, Paquebot Marks, Treaty Port Postmarks, Hong Kong First Flight Covers (1932-39), and much more

Special: $12.00

Japan

General Japan Literature:

SAKURA CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE STAMPS (2007) Full-color 350+ pages in English and Japanese; prices in Yen. (Auction realizations tend to be 40% of Sakura.) Informative beyond Scott (mintage figures, FDCs, Scott-unlisted booklet panes, unissued stamps, pre 1937 NH, revenues). Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Manchukuo, Japanese Occupations (2006 edition $12.00). $22.50

A CONCORDANCE: THE STAMPS OF JAPAN, RYUKYUS, AND MANCHUKUO 1871-1979 by Sune Johnson, c1981. 47 p.; ISJP Monograph 10 ; Japan 1871-1979; Ryukyu Islands (1945-1972), for Meikan, JSDA, JCSA, Scott, Minkus, Gibbons catalogues. $10.00

A GUIDE TO THE CHERRY BLOSSOM SERIES by Murray H. Schefer, c1969. 31 p.; illustrated; I.S.J.P. Monograph ; Japan 1872-1876;19th Century Definitive Issues Cherry Blossom Issues Collecting Identification Forgeries and Counterfeits International Society for Japanese Philately, Inc. $10.00

A NUMERICAL ORDER LISTING OF POSTCARDS IN KARL LEWIS' 1905 CATALOGUE by James E. Jacobson, c2003. 31 p. illustrated; ISJP Monograph 16 ; A catalogue of pictorial post-cards of Japan by Karl Lewis (1865-1942). Illustrating the scenery, temples, lakes, mountains, trees, flowers, etc. of “The Land of the Rising Sun”, and depicting the types and characteristics of the people, the streets, the villages, shops, costumes, festivals, religion, etc. $18.00

PAINTINGS ON JAPANESE POSTAL ISSUES by Margaret Marcus, c1972. 56 p. : illustrated; Includes indexes. Japan Designs; Definitive Issues; Commemorative Issues; Philatelic Week Issues; Postal Stationery Cards; Letter Sheets; Greeting Cards; Air Mail; Air Letter Sheets; Artists and Designers; Topical Collecting; Painting ; Art and Artists; New Year Postal Markings; Postal History; Exhibitions; Souvenir Sheets; A great achievement! $10.00

THE TOURIST SHEETS AND BOOKLETS OF JAPAN by Ron Casey, ISJP Monograph 17; October 2004, 110p., color illustrations; includes Wada Tourist Sheets; Maeda/Kamigataya Tourist Sheets; Imitation Tourist Sheets; Distribution and Sales; Tourist booklets; and Selected Bibliography. A great achievement! $32.50

Postal History Literature:

EARLY JAPANESE POSTMARKS AND POST OFFICES by George A. Fisher, Jr., c1965. vi, 45 p., illustrated; Includes bibliographical references; I.S.J.P. Monograph No. 1; discusses Japan Postal Markings and Post Offices of 1871-1872 ; the first work of its kind in English; includes Supplement to the Monograph 1 Index, 1988 by Murray H. Schefer (not sold separately) $10.00

PACIFIC CROSSINGS FROM JAPAN 1858-79 W. H. Halliburton; c1969. 31 p.; illustrated; includes indexes; Japan Maritime Mail shipping companies and Packet Service; Postal History; Transoceanic Mail Covers; Postal Markings $10.00

THE INLAND ROUTING MARKINGS OF JAPAN IN THE 1870’s by Jun Ichi Matsumoto , c2003. 40 p.; illustrated; tables ;ISJP Monograph 15; Japan Yokohama Treaty Ports Consular Mail Official Mail Postal Agencies France Offices in Japan Offices Abroad Postal Markings Used Abroad Mixed Markings Route Markings Transit Markings Covers Combination Postal Officials Post Offices Postal Service Postal Routes Postal History Transportation of Mail ca. 1870-1880 1870’s 19th Century Maritime Mail Shipping Companies and Packet Service Nagasaki Hyogo Kobe Hakodate Messageries Imperiales MI Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company P&O Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company PMSS French Military Missions Second French Military Mission Tokyo Military Mail Degron-kun Markings Degron-kun Covers Ikuno Yokosuka International Mail Covers Bogus and Fraudulent Forgeries and Counterfeits United States Great Britain Bibliographies. $18.00

THE HISTORY & POSTAL HISTORY OF JAPAN'S WARS. VOLUME 1: A Brief History and Postal History of the Sino-Japanese War, Boxer Uprising, Russo-Japanese War Kenneth G. Clark (2004) Pear Tree Press, Ltd. England, HB, 252pp, black & white, color illustrations, maps. Well-written narrative of the Sino-Japanese War, Boxer Uprising, and Russo-Japanese War and postal history of same; The second half of the book presents Mr. Clark's Gold Medal (Bangkok 2003) Exhibit on The Russo-Japanese War. $55.00

JAPAN'S FIELDPOST IN SIBERIA, MANCHURIA, SAKHALIN 1918-1925 by Edward J. Rasmussen, c1997. 96 p.; illustrated.; folded map, photos., tables ; Bibliography: p. 94-95. Computer-generated typescript format; ISJP Monograph 12; Japan Military Mail 1918-1925 ; Postal History Postal Markings Covers Siberian Expedition; 1918-1925 Russia Siberia Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1917-) China — Manchuria, Sakhalin, Vladivostok Expeditionary Force; Sakhalin Province Expeditionary Force; Bibliographies. $18.00

UNITED STATES AND BRITISH EXCHANGES WITH JAPAN 1942-1943 by Michael E. Ruggiero, c2003. 62 p.;illustrated; Bibliography p. 54-55; ISJP Monograph 14; United States, Japan, Great Britain Prisoner-of-War and Internee Mail Exchange Ships; Postal History 1942-1943; 1939-1945 Censored Mail Covers; Postal Markings; History; Bibliographies. $18.00

THE ROMAN LETTER POSTMARKS OF JAPAN by John Gordon Bishop, c1979, 114 pages.; illustrated; ISJP Monograph 7; A survey of Roman-letter cancellations: Early Large Circles (1875-1883); Small Circles (1883-1889); Medium Single Circles (1889-1892); Double Circles (1892-1894); Medium Single Circles (1894-1905); Comb Type (1905-1952); and Sword Guard (1952-); Japan Offices in China and Korea; Machine Cancels, etc. Addenda to Monograph 7 (ISJP Monograph 7a, 1985) by George A. Fisher, Jr. (not sold separately) $18.50