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605 1947 Shanghai Dah Tung print Postage Due stamps, $200 dull purple large block of 100, tied by bilingual ‘AMOY’ cds, very fine and scarce. Chan D103. Photo HK$ 1,000 - 1,200 606 1929 (7 Apr.) A Postage Due cover from Peking to USA, bearing SYS 2nd London print 25c, tied by bilingual ‘PEKING’ cds, with USA Postage Due 5c orange red alongside, tied by black oval cancel, plus hand stamped 'POSTAGE DUE 5 CENTS' in straight black and 'T...Ctmes' in black cachet. Photo HK$ 700 - 800 607 1932 (30 Mar.) A Postage Due cover from Shanghai to USA, bearing SYS London 2nd print 25c, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, plus US Postage Due stamps red 10c x 3, tied by black frame cancel, alongside hand stamps, bilingual 'T/Postage Due Mail' in black chop, also the same chop on reverse, and 'T/30 ... Ctms' frame chop in deep violet. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000 608 1933 (24 Apr.) Incoming postage due cover from Copenhagen to “M/S Selandia” c/o The East Asiatic Co. Ltd., Shanghai, franked on front with Denmark 5 Ore block of 4, tied by KOBENHAVN 24.4.33 cds, ""T.20c"" handstamp in violet, added Second Peking postage due 20c, tied by Shanghai cds, cover overall lightly soiled. The ""Selandia"" was sunk in 1942 off of Japan and honoured on a Danish 20 Kroner coin. Photo HK$ 2,500 - 3,000

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609 1936 (27 May) An incoming Postage Due cover from Malaya to Shanghai, on front bearing Johore 5c in pair, left stamp minor defects, tied by Malaya cds, hand stamped 'T' Postage Due mark in black frame, on reverse with 1st Peking print Postage Due 4c in pair, tied by bilingual 'SHANGHAI/9.6.36' cds, very fine. Photo HK$ 5,000 - 6,000

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