Contents 1

Your Word 2

Q & A 3

Errata, Literature for sale 4

To Due or Not to Due?………………………………..…….…….…..Sam Chiu 5

Postage Due Usages in China’s Stamp Wars…………….…………...Steve Gates 11

What WTO will bring for China’s Auction Business………………...Kuo Qin 15

My Favorite Cover I…………………………………………………..Paul N. Davey 16

Early Postal Evidence of the Republic?? …………………………….Paul N. Davey 18

Featured Exhibit of Hugh Lawrence………………………………….Hugh Lawrence 19

The Hankow Russian Post Office 1903-04 …………………………..Steve Gates 29

The Boxer Rebellion & 55 Days In Peking………………………..….Didier Maistre 31

Boxer Rebellion Booty in the Form of Postal History Items ………..Benny Cheung 35

Taku Forts & the Boxer Rebellion ……………………………………Sam Chiu 38

The IPO Tieprints of Wuhu—A New Classification …………………Mick Goldsmith 43

Auction Calendar 45

An Update on Chefoo IPO Tieprint Covers…………………………...Sam Chiu 47

In Pursuit of Philatelic Trivia (3)…………………………………..….Paul B. Lee 48

The Year of 2001: The Year of China………………………………...Fang Xiang 49

The Meiso Mizuhara’s Collection of German Offices in China………Gernot Reiner 51

Dealers : Spink Auction in Hong Kong 54

Literature Review: Treasure Knowledge of Taiwan Courier Station I Chan Ching

Dynasty……………………………………..John Wilson 56

The Paper Chase, Part 1: The Local Post, (3)………………….….…..Sam Chiu 59