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742 1948 Surcharged for use as Gold Yuan Postage Due stamps, $10 on $40 block of 4 with left sheet margin, perforation shifted downwards variety, unused and no gum as issued. Minor toning. Chan GD10var. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000 743 1948 Gold Yuan surcharged as Postage Due, $2 on $40 SYS Chungking Central print, surcharged double variety, with left sheet margin. Unused and no gum as issued. Chan GD8. Photo HK$ 500 - 600 744 1948 Gold Yuan surcharge as Postage Due $5 on $40 orange red block of 4, SYS Chungking Central print, with surcharge double. Unused and no gum as issued. Chan GD9var. Photo HK$ 600 - 700 745 1914 (Nov.) An incoming picture postcard from USA to Tientsin, bearing USA 1c green President, tied by ‘LEXINGTON’ machine roller cancel, alongside First London print Postage Due 4c, tied by faint cancel, with bilingual ‘TIENTSIN/1.12.14’ arrival cds and ‘CENTIMES/10/T’ postage due black circle, a few dirt marks. Photo HK$ 1,500 - 2,000

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746 1923 (20 Jan.) An incoming Postage Due card from Soviet Union 3k red stationery card to Harbin, tied by double ring Soviet Union cds, with ROC postage due 1c and 5c, tied by bilingual ‘HARBIN’ cds, and hand stamped Russian frame chop in red, damaged at the bottom. Photo HK$ 1,200 - 1,200 747 1923 (27 Feb.) A postage due postcard from Canton to Scotland, bearing the 1st Peking print Junk 4c, tied by bilingual ‘CANTON’ cds, alongside Great Britain postage due stamp 1 1/2d, tied by ‘GLASGOW’ cds, hand stamped ‘CENTINES/30/T’ postage due mark in violet circle, and ‘1 1/2/F’ in black, fine. Photo HK$ 3,000 - 3,500 748 1931 (20 Mar.) A postage due cover from Nanking to Berlin, Germany, via Siberia, bearing 2nd Peking print Reaper 20c, tied by bilingual ‘NANKING’ cds, alongside ‘T’ postage due mark in violet frame and ‘BERLIN/4.4.31’ arrival cds, repaired in the right top corner. Photo HK$ 500 - 800

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