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758 1945 Second Central Trust print, Postage Due $20 block of 20 (10 x 2) with extra horizontal perforation at top variety, minor toning and no gum as issued. Chan D97var. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000 759 1947 Shanghai Dah Tung print Postage Due stamps, $200 dull purple large block of 100, tied by bilingual ‘AMOY’ cds, very fine and scarce. Chan D103. Photo HK$ 1,200 - 1,400

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760 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$ 1,000 - 1,200 761 1932 (29 Oct.) An incoming postage due cover from Canada to Shanghai, tied by ‘OTTAWA’ meter cancel, with ROC Postage Due 20c tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI/23.11.32’ arrival cds, ‘T/20’ black circle postage due mark, a few dirt marks. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000

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762 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$ 3,000 - 3,500 763 1933 (4 Mar.) A postage due cover from New Zealand to Shanghai, bearing New Zealand KGV 1d red, tied by slogan cancel, alongside with ROC postage due 30c, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, underneath ‘T/30CENTIMOS’ on black circle, with ‘HONG KONG/28.2.33’ transit and illegible ‘POSTAGE SENT...’ frame chop in black. Photo HK$ 2,000 - 2,500

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