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2773 1953 (23 Feb.) A cover from Luda registered to Xinzhuang, Shantung, on front h/s char. ‘DAIREN POST OFFICE HUANGHELU BRANCH OFFICE/No.635’ ( 大連郵局黃河路支局 /635 號 ) in light blue reg. frame chop, and char. ‘SHANTUNG/ XINZHUANG/27.2.53’ ( 山東/辛莊 ) rimmed dot arrival cancellation, on reverse bearing PRC R4 Tien An Men $800 orange in block of 4, tied by bilingual Chinese and Russian ‘DAIREN BRANCH OFFICE’ cancellation, with a small piece of the reg. receipt attached on reverse and partially overlapping 2 stamps. Very rare use of a Liberated Areas cancellation during the PRC period after 1950. Photo HK$ 7,000 - 8,000 2774 Luda Posts, an opened cover to Kiaotung, bearing the rare Liaoning Posts surcharged on Japanese stamps $5 on 6s carmine (Yang AD3) tied by faint cancellation, some soiling. Photo HK$ 3,500 - 4,000

North East China

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2775 1940’s Northeast Area ‘Received Broken, Post Office Sealed’ light yellow green stamp seal label in complete sheet of 50 (5 x 10), 2 wormholes on one of the top stamps, small tears at selvages, rare. Photo HK$ 5,000 - 6,000 2776 1946 Chairman Mao, 1st print, imperf. $10 blue block of 10, unused and no gum as issued. Fine. Yang NE8. Photo HK$ 400 - 500

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