HK043-LA & PRC

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2844 1950 (13 Nov.) A stampless returned cover from Shanghai to Chungking, on front, with ‘Postage Paid/Shanghai (1) $32’ Flying Geese type meter stamp in red, this meter stamp is covered by 3 pieces of the returned receipts, with a lot of postmarks, for example, bilingual ‘SHANGHAI/13.11.50’ bilingual ‘CHUNGKING/26.11.50’ and ‘CHUNGKING/1.12.50’ cds, ‘The Second Field Post/No.1 Branch’ dated ‘28.11.50’ and ‘29.11.50’ in red char. (二野軍郵/直一支局) and large faint single ring chop in red. with the same Field Post cancel on one receipt, one receipt cancelled char. ‘EAST SEZCHWAN/XIAOLONGKAN/3.12.50’ cds. and stamped bilingual ‘A.R.” in black frame. on reverse, attached a SYS 4c orange yellow stationery card, cancelled by ‘Registered Mail’ in straight black char. and small part of the registered receipt. Extremely rare example of postal stationery used as a registration receipt and forwarded mail as the recipient was constantly moving. Photo HK$ 8,000 -10,000

2845 1967 (20 Oct.) An air mail cover to France, bearing (W1) Long Live Invincible Chairman Mao’s Thought complete gold se- tenant (W2) Chairman Mao Text, all tied by ‘BEIJING’ cds and (W7) 8f Fairy Cave (暮色) (stamp untied) Photo HK$ 5,000 - 6,000 2845

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2846 1967 (24 May) A China Philatelic company cover with (W3) complete set sent to Algeria, tied by ‘BEIJING’ second day cancel. Fine. Photo HK$ 5,000 - 7,000

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