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1950 (23 Mar.) A cover from Dairen to Tsingtao, bearing the rare Tien An Men, $35 red (Yang AD71) tied by very fine strike of the
Chinese and Russian bilingual ‘DAIREN CITY POST OFFICE’ (
大連市郵政局
) cds, very fine and rare. The domestic surface mail
rate to another province was $35 per 20g, effective from 1st Nov., 1949. Photo
HK$ 40,000 - 50,000
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1950 (21 Feb.) A Port Arthur & Dairen $10 red stationery card (the stamp design is the same as the International Labour Day $10)
sent to Kiangsu, bearing Production and Communication $5 pale green (Yang AD49) and International Day $10 vermilion (Yang
AD52) tied by bilingual ‘Darian City Post Office’ cds, on reverse with Building illustration in light blue, the front side showing Blue
Building, total postage $25 which was the postcard rate from Luda area to another province effective from 1st Nov. 1949. Very fine
and rare.
Provenance: Zurich Asia March 2012.
Photo
HK$ 70,000 - 80,000
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