272
        
        
          1952
        
        
          1949 The 28th Anniv of Chinese Communist Party, imperf. $10 to $140 complete set of 7 in vertical pair, unused and no gum as
        
        
          issued, very fine and fresh. Yang NC388-394. Photo
        
        
          HK$ 1,200 - 1,400
        
        
          1953
        
        
          1946 A cover to Tientsin local, bearing surch. on Bird on Globe large char. $10 on 50c, tied by faint cancellation, with bilingual
        
        
          'TIENTSIN' cds, with char. year index missing one stroke variety, fine. Photo
        
        
          HK$ 1,000 - 1,200
        
        
          1954
        
        
          1948 (Feb.) A cover from Qinguo (
        
        
          沁郭
        
        
          ) to Quwohsien (
        
        
          曲沃縣
        
        
          ), on reverse bearing the Chairman Pingshan print $1,000 deep
        
        
          brown (Yang NC72) and chairman Mao with Harvest design $200 brown (Yang NC239), stamp damaged. Tied by faint Japanese
        
        
          type cds, on front with char. ‘Shanxi’ rimmed dot arrival cancellation. Photo
        
        
          HK$ 1,200 - 1,600
        
        
          1955
        
        
          1948 (21 Nov.) An infantry cover to Chin Cha Ki P.O.Box 3053, bearing Pingshan print Chairman Mao imperf. $500 orange
        
        
          (Yang NC78), tied by faint North China cds, with ‘CHIN CHA KI/24.11.48’ arrival cds, a few tears at the edges and folded. Photo
        
        
          HK$ 1,500 - 2,000
        
        
          1956
        
        
          1949 (14 Nov.) cover sent to Shanghai, franked on reverse with “Temporarily Used As Revenue Stamp” opt. & surch. In red
        
        
          on Foreign Wine & Bear Inspection Labels (
        
        
          洋酒啤酒查驗證
        
        
          ), blue imperf., $10, vertical strip of 5 and $50 single, tied by
        
        
          fine strikes of “Chekiang Shaohing Howshe (
        
        
          浙江紹興后社
        
        
          ) 14.11.1949 cds’s, affixed with a reply message slip, resent and
        
        
          franked with 1949 Shanghai Postal Runner & Train $30 and 22nd Anniversary of Chinese People’s Liberation Army $70, tied
        
        
          by Chekiang Shaohing Howshe 16.11.1949 cds and Shanghai 18.11.1949 arrival cds, with tears along edges and age toning,
        
        
          nevertheless very rare with revenue stamps used for postage and postage due not applied by the post office. Photo
        
        
          HK$ 15,000 - 20,000
        
        
          1957
        
        
          1949 (19 Apr.) A cover from Yutze to local, on reverse bearing Hotseh surcharge ‘North China People’s Post’ on Chairman Mao
        
        
          with Harvest design $1 on $60 rose-pink, (Yang NC307) and Bird on Globe, cents unit $5 on 20c red brown (Yang NC314), both
        
        
          tied by bilingual ‘YUTZE’ ‘
        
        
          榆次
        
        
          ’ cds, with faint arrival cancellation on front, fine and rare. Photo
        
        
          HK$ 5,000 - 6,000
        
        
          1954
        
        
          1955
        
        
          1956
        
        
          1957
        
        
          1958
        
        
          1961