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1949 (14 Nov.) cover sent to Shanghai, franked on reverse with “Temporarily Used As Revenue Stamp” overprint & surcharge In
red on Foreign Wine & Beer Inspection Labels (
洋酒啤酒查驗証
), blue imperforate, $10, vertical strip of 5 and $50 single, tied by
fine strikes of “Chekiang Shaohing Howshe (
浙江紹興后社
) 14.11.1949 cds’s, affixed with a reply message slip, resent and franked
with 1949 Shanghai Postal Runner & Train $30 and 22nd Anniv. of Chinese People’s Liberation Army $70, tied by Chekiang
Shaohing Howshe 16.11.1949 cds and Shanghai 18.11.1949 arrival cds, with tears along edges and age toning, nevertheless very
rare with revenue stamps used for postage due not applied by the post office. Photo
HK$ 8,000 - 10,000
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1949 (29 Dec.) A cover from Taiyuan to Peking, on reverse bearing Peking surcharged ‘Temporarily used for’ ‘
暫用
’ on SYS
Central Trust print, $100 on $3 brown x 3 (Yang NC397) tied by bilingual ‘YANGKU/TAIYUAN’ ‘
陽曲
’ cds, ‘PEKING/31.12.49’
Japanese type arrival cds, fine. Photo
HK$ 1,200 - 1,500
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1950 (3 May) An air cover from Tientsin registered to Paris, France, via Hong Kong, on front with handstamped ‘REGISTERED’
frame chop in black cachet, bilingual ‘TIENTSIN/3.5.50’ transit, on reverse bearing Peking surcharged on SYS with ‘Temporarily
used for…’ ‘
暫作
’ $3,000 on $3000, Field Workers and Factory $5,000 carmine and $10,000 lake brown in block of 4 and South
Central China, Kuo-Kwong 2nd print $100 green (Yang NC 369, NC412-413 and CC84) all tied by bilingual ‘TIENTSIN’ cds,
bilingual ‘CANTON’ and ‘HONG KONG/15.5.50’ transit, ‘PARIS’ arrival cds, roughly opened at top, center folded and creased.
Photo
HK$ 4,000 - 5,000
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1942 Shantung 2nd War Time Post, 1c vermilion, unused and no gum as issued. Fine. EC5. Photo
HK$ 1,000 - 1,200
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1942 Shantung 2nd War Time Post, 5c Hand with Torch, blue, type B, unused and no gum as issued. Fine. Yang EC8b. Photo
HK$ 1,000 - 1,200
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1942 Shantung 2nd War Time Post, imperf. 5c Hand with torch, type B, unused and used copies, fine. Yang EC8b. Photo
HK$ 4,500 - 5,000
East China
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