62
4476
4477
4478
4476
1954 (17 Dec.) A cover sent to Shanghai local, on reverse bearing R6 $100 vertical pair, with D1 $200 (2) franked alongside,
cancelled by unframed 'Postage Due' cds, rare. Photo
HK$ 800 - 1,000
4477
1954 (30 Dec.) An advertisement postage due cover from Shandong to Suzhou, bearing R6 $250, tied by faint char. 'SHANDONG'
cds, h/s 'Postage Due' in char. alongside, on reverse with postage due $800, tied by char. 'KIANGSU/SUZHOU' cds, with index'
Received' '
收
', the post office considered this mail as to be normal domestic mail, not printed matter rate. Photo
HK$ 800 - 1,000
4478
1955 (May) A postage due cover front Guangdong to Changsha, on reverse bearing R4 Tien An Men $400 in pair, tied by
'GUANGDONG' cds, additional postage due $800 tied by 'HUNAN/29.5.55' arrival cds, the postage rate for new currency 8c as
domestic mail was correct at that, it is a mysterious that postage due was applied on that cover. fine. Photo
HK$ 1,000 - 1,400
4479
1955 (25 Jun.) 50th Anniversary of Red Cross Society of China (C31) vertical strip of 3 on first day cover from Shanghai to
Singapore, fine. Photo
HK$ 3,000 - 4,000
4480
Ex. 4483
4474
1954 (4 Jun.) An air mail cover from Peking via Prague to Holland, bearing A1 $10, 000 and $3, 000, paying the correct postage
rate of $13, 000. Photo
HK$ 800 - 1, 000
4475
1954 (27 Aug.) A registered air mail cover from Shanghai to Singapore, bearing on reverse C20 complete set of 4 and other C and
S- series issues, plus 1957 (1 Apr.) a registered ‘BOOK-POST’ cover from Lhasa to Nepal, bearing on front C38 complete set of 2,
R8 1f and 2f, with arrival cds on reverse. Photo
HK$ 1,000 - 1,500
4479
