206
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1947 (17 Mar.) A cover Tientsin local, bearing Victory small size $10 in pair, tied by faint ‘TIENTSIN’ cds, fine. Photo
HK$ 1,600 - 2,000
1332
1948 A cover to Hangchow, bearing Su-Peh Machine surch. with 'Central China Liberated Area & Changed to' $200 on $1 brown,
tied by bilingual 'TSINTUNO' (
溱潼
) cds, with 'HENGCHOW/3.6.49' arrival cds. Fine. Photo
HK$ 2,000 - 2,400
1333
1948 (3 Mar.) A cover to Hangchow, bearing Su-Peh Machine surch. with 'Central China Liberated Area & Changed to' $200 on $1
brown, tied by rim dotted 'TAIXIAN' cds, with 'HENGCHOW/3.3.49' arrival cds. Fine. Photo
HK$ 2,000 - 2,400
1334
1948 (6 Apr.) A cover to Hangchow, bearing Su-Peh Machine surch. with 'Central China Liberated Area & Changed to' $200 on $1
brown, tied by rim dotted 'TAICHOWKU' cds, with 'HENGCHOW/323.4.49' arrival cds. Fine. Photo
HK$ 2,000 - 2,400
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1948 (30 May) A cover to Shanghai, bearing Su-Peh Machine surch. with 'Central China Liberated Area & Changed to' $200 on $1
brown, tied by faint cds, on reveres with 'SHANGHAI' machine roller arrival chop. Photo
HK$ 2,000 - 2,400
1336
1949 (3 June) circular from Shanghai Land Investment Co., Ltd. to England, franked on front with 1949 Liberation of Nanking &
Shanghai issue, $5 and $30 (Yang EC430 & 432), paying international printed matter rate of $35, tied by Shanghai cds, LONDON
S.W.1 26 JLY 49 arrival cds in violet and LONCON 28 JL 49 another arrival cds. As the addressee was not traceable, marked
"Cannot Identified" in pencil, with boxed "NOT IDENTIFIED" and "ADDRESS NOT KNOWN" handstamp in violet by Lloyds
Bank, the London post office then returned the cover with a boxed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO
SENDER" handstamp in violet, a Hong Kong boxed "RETOUR" handstamp alongside, on reverse with RETURNED LETTER
OFFICE HONG KONG 1 SP 49 cds and Shanghai 13.10.49 arrival cds, fine, a very uncommon and interesting postal history item.
Photo
HK$ 6,000 - 7,000
1337
1949 (14 June) cover from Shanghai to Miss G. Moss, Roberts Memorial Hospital, Tsangchow, f.w. 1949 Liberation of Nanking
& Shanghai issue, $30 deep grey, horiz. strip of 3, tied by Shanghai 14.6.49 cds's and Hopei Tsanghsien 30.6.49 arrival cds, folded
vertically in centre, otherwise fine. Photo
HK$ 1,000 - 1,500