286
        
        
          2070
        
        
          2071
        
        
          2072
        
        
          2070
        
        
          1946 (9 Apr.) cover back franked with Su-Wan Border Area Chairman Mao issue, 5c violet horiz. strip of 4 with left margin and
        
        
          20c red, vert. strip of 5 (top stamp damaged), tied by KAOYU 9.4.1946 cds's, and Fukien Shuitow 26.4.1946 cds, attached with
        
        
          a slip bearing Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Pacheng print $10 and $50 x 3, tied by same Fukien Shuitow 26.4.1946 cds's and red manuscript
        
        
          "Postage Due Stamp Substitution" (
        
        
          代用欠資
        
        
          ) in pencil alongside, uncommon usage. (Yang EC308 & 312) Photo
        
        
          HK$ 3,500 - 4,000
        
        
          2071
        
        
          1948 (25 Oct.) A cover bearing machine surcharge char. 'Kiaotung'
        
        
          '膠東'
        
        
          , $200 on $1 orange yellow (Yang EC174), sent locally,
        
        
          tied by bilingual 'TSISIA' cds, fine. Photo
        
        
          HK$ 1,200 - 1,600
        
        
          2072
        
        
          1948 (March) A small cover to East China Field Army the 25th troop, on reverse bearing Victory of National War Against
        
        
          Japanese $1 orange yellow (Yang EC76) tied by char. 'Shantung/Jiaotou' cds (
        
        
          穚頭
        
        
          ), overstruck 'Support Army Mail Matter' (
        
        
          擁軍
        
        
          郵件
        
        
          ) in purple char. alongside bilingual 'WEIHAIWEI/5.3.48' arrival cds, fine. Photo
        
        
          HK$ 10,000 - 14,000
        
        
          2073
        
        
          2074
        
        
          2073
        
        
          1948 (27 Dec.) A cover to Shantung local, on reverse bearing surcharge on Che The, War Time Post $3 on 10c green (Yang EC64)
        
        
          and Chiaotung Martyrs Monument $2 dark green (Yang EC86) both tied by faint 'SHANTUNG/HUANGHSIEN' rimmed dot
        
        
          cancel, and overstruck bisected char 'HUANGHSIEN WAR POST/AGENT' in violet, manuscript date type. dirty and a few tears
        
        
          at the edges, but very nice cover. Photo
        
        
          HK$ 2,500 - 3,000
        
        
          2074
        
        
          1949 (1 Aug.) stampless "ON POSTAL SERVICE" envelop from Shanghai to Pengpu, bearing on reverse an oval "Philatelic
        
        
          Division, Shanghai" handstamp in violet, also a large "Chinese People's Liberation Army, East China Postal Administration, 1st
        
        
          August, 1927-1949" special commemorative cachet in violet, fine. Photo
        
        
          HK$ 600 - 700
        
        
          2075
        
        
          1949 (15 Nov.) A cover from Fukien to New York, USA. Bearing Shanghai print, Postal Runner and Train $60 green x 3 tied
        
        
          by char. 'LUNGKI' cds. On reverse with 'SWATOW/20.11.49' slogan machine chop and 'HONG KONG/25.11.49' transit. Some
        
        
          toning. Photo
        
        
          HK$ 1,000 - 1,300
        
        
          2075