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445 1928 (June) An opened Postage Due cover from Harbin to Auckland, New Zealand. Bearing overprinted ‘For Use In Ki-Hei’ on Junk 10c blue, tied by bilingual ‘HARBIN’ cds, alongside ‘T/60/…’ postage due frame chop in black, and ‘TO PAY/6d/…’ Postage Due black circular chop. on reverse with New Zealand Postage Due 1d in block of 6, tied by ‘HAMILTON/18.7.28’ arrival cds, very attractive cover. Photo HK$ 2,000 - 2,500 446 1929 (7 Apr.) A Postage Due cover fromPeking to USA, bearing SYS 2nd London print 25c, tied by bilingual ‘PEKING’ cds, with USA Postage Due 5c orange red alongside, tied by black oval cancel, plus hand stamped ‘POSTAGE DUE 5 CENTS’ in straight black and ‘T...Ctmes’ in black cachet. Photo HK$ 600 - 700 447 1932 (30 Mar.) A Postage Due cover from Shanghai to USA, bearing SYS London 2nd print 25c, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, plus US Postage Due stamps red 10c x 3, tied by black frame cancel, alongside hand stamps, bilingual ‘T/Postage Due Mail’ in black chop, also the same chop on reverse, and ‘T/30 ... Ctms’ frame chop in deep violet. Photo HK$ 700 - 800 448 1933 (24 Apr.) Incoming postage due cover from Copenhagen to “M/S Selandia” c/o The East Asiatic Co. Ltd., Shanghai, franked on front with Denmark 5 Ore block of 4, tied by KOBENHAVN 24.4.33 cds, “”T.20c”” handstamp in violet, added Second Peking postage due 20c, tied by Shanghai cds, cover overall lightly soiled. The “”Selandia”” was sunk in 1942 off of Japan and honoured on a Danish 20 Kroner coin. Photo HK$ 2,000 - 2,500

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