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405 1904 (7 July) A postage due cover to Peking local, bearing Coiling Dragon 1/2c brown and opt. ‘Postage Due’ on Coiling Dragon 1c and 2c x 6, all tied by bilingual ‘PEKING’ cds. Fine. Photo HK$ 7,000 - 8,000 406 1891 A stampless Man Chu ( 民信局 ) red band Postage Due cover from Shanghai to Singapore, tied by single ring ‘SINGAPORE’ arrival cds, the month and day not clear, hand stamped ‘large ‘T’ Postage Due mark in black triangle, and ‘10’ alongside. An unusual Man Chu cover to overseas. Very fine. Photo HK$ 5,000 - 6,000 407 1904 (17 Sept.) A Postage Due cover from Peking to Switzerland, bearing CIP Coiling Dragon 1c and 4c, minor defects on both stamps, tied by faint bilingual ‘PEKING’ cds, alongside Switzerland 5c and 10c in pair, tied by ‘LUGANO/17.9.04’ cds, and large ‘T’ Postage Due mark in black, missing back flap. Photo HK$ 8,000 - 9,000

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408 1906 (16 June) An incoming Postage Due cover from France to Yunnan, on reverse, bearing France 5c green, tied by France cds, alongside Imperial 1st London print Postage Due 1/2c 3 3, tied by char. ‘WEST SZECHWAN/CHUNGKING/23.8.06’ Lunar cds, and large ‘T’ Postage Due mark in black. Photo HK$ 8,000 - 9,000 409 1911 (25 May) A postage due postcard from Hankow to France, on front bearing CIP Coiling Dragon 1c in pair, tied by bilingual ‘HANKOW’ cds, on reverse with bilingual ‘SHANGHAI /29.5.11’ and ‘SHANG-HAI/30.5.11’ transit, with French Postage Due 10c, tied by ‘TOURS/INDRE ET LOIRE/6.7.11’ arrival cds, hand stamped large ‘T’ postage due mark in black. Photo Note: The figure ‘4’in bilingual ‘HANKOW’cds was an additional date and month instead of year and the purpose of such numerals has yet to be ascertained. The ‘Bisected Circular Bilingual Daters’ by Stephen. P.S. Yen mentions this type cancellation. HK$ 3,500 - 4,000

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