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1943 (30 Dec.) cover from Tsingmukwan to Pehpei, f.w. on front Surch. with two vertical bars on DPP opt. on Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Central Trust print 50c on 16c x 2, tied by Tsingmukwan 30.12.43 cds's, repeated on reverse, fne. Photo

HK$ 700 - 800 1275

1944 (11 Oct.) Wan Yi Cheng Branch Offce remittance receipt for $80, bearing Wan Yi Cheng Letter Offce oval chop in red, fne. Photo

HK$ 800 - 900 1276

1945 (26 Mar.) A postage due cover to Canton local, on front with SYS surcharge 50c on 3c, and 1944 Return of Puppet Government $5, tied by bilingual CANTON cds, alongside 'T' postage due chop in black circle, on back with ROC postage due 1$ in block of 4, tied by bilingual CANTON cds. Photo

HK$ 800 - 1,000 1277

1945 (19 June) Registered-Airmail cover from Szechwan Province to USA franked on reverse with Pacheng Engraved $30 SYS Imperf tied by SHAPINGPA cds. Indian Censor’s tape at left, four US bkstps. Photo

HK$ 800 - 900 1278

1945 (20 Aug.) Double-Weight Airmail cover from West Szechwan to India ($10 rate) franked with Pacheng Engraved $10 SYS tied by CHENGTU cds. Indian Jammalamadugu arrival bkstp. Photo

HK$ 400 - 500

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1945 (14 Sept.) incoming registered cover from Manhattan, USA to Namhung, Kwangtung, franked with USA stamps 1c, 3c and 4-1/2c x 4, (one stamp missing), tied by US oval handstamps, a boxed US “REGISTERED No. 587” registration handstamp in magenta at bottom left, Canton 17.1.1946 cds and Namhung 31.1.46 arrival cds, on reverse with Manhattan (14/9), San Francisco (15/9, 16/9) and New York (19/9) datestamps. Cover being undelivered and therefore marked on front “not yet returned” in red, affxed with a slip reading “Removedand not yet back, hence returned” and bearing a Namhung cds (date illegible), then sent back from Canton (11.2.46), via San Francisco (16/3/1946) and arrived Manhattan on 18 Mar., 1946, age toning, nevertheless an interesting item. Photo

HK$ 800 - 1,000 1280

1945 (11 Dec.) registered cover sent from Custom House Wuchow (Kwangsi), Tsangwu to USA, endorsed "Registered AIRMAIL", f.w. on front Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Pacheng Recess print, imperforate, $50, horizontal strip of 3 and one single, tied by Tsangwu cds's. Cover was redirected within USA and 20c U.S.A. postage due paid with purple "RE-REGISTERED AFTER DELIVERY" handstamp, also with "Found in ordinary mail" and "POSTAGE DUE 20 CENTS" handstamps in purple, with numerous U.S. transit and arrival markings on reverse, interesting. Photo

HK$ 1,000 - 1,800 1281

1946-48 Group of six covers to Austria, Norway, Germany, fve censored with tapes or censor labels, also censor handstamps, two bearing a framed “BY AIR TO LONCON ONLY” handstamps in violet, franked with various issues and surcharges at different postal rates, good to fne. Photo

HK$ 1,000 - 1,100 1282

1946 (18Apr.)Astampless Overseas Chinese Remittance & Letter Offce (Qiaopi) envelop to Amoy, on back bilingual AMOY cds, and bilingual WINGCHU arrival cds, plus Amoy Agency private chop in red and Wing Chu Agency chop in black. Some soiling. Photo

HK$ 800 - 1,000