271
            
            
              1574
            
            
              1952 (3 Mar.) A reg. parcel front sent locally in Shanghai,
            
            
              bearing S1 $800 in pair, S2 $100 C10 $1000 & C12
            
            
              $1000, tied by bilingual 'SHANGHAI' cds, alongside
            
            
              with Shanghai Customs chop in red. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 800 - 1,000
            
            
              1575
            
            
              1952 (17 Nov.) An air mail cover to Australia, on reverse
            
            
              bearing Tien An Men R4 $2,000 im strip of 5 and 1
            
            
              single and R2 $1,000 tied by bilingual 'SHANGHAI' cds
            
            
              and 'CANTON/22.11.52' cds. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 800 - 1,000
            
            
              1576
            
            
              Group of FDCs from 1952-1964. All issued by Official
            
            
              Stamp Company, except one self made and sent to Hong
            
            
              Kong. Others in plain covers with tone spots and some
            
            
              damaged on cover back. Fine. Total 19 covers. Photo.
            
            
              HK$ 2,000 - 2,500
            
            
              1577
            
            
              1954 (1 Sept.) printed matter cover from Foochow to
            
            
              Chungking, franked on reverse with Stone Lion $250
            
            
              blue (damaged), tied by Foochow 54.9.1 cds, added with
            
            
              Postage Due stamps, $100 blue  and $200 blue, horiz.
            
            
              pair, tied by Chungking 13.9.1954 cds, on front with a
            
            
              boxed "Postage Due" handstamp and Chungking 54.9.13
            
            
              arrival cds, roughly opened at top affecting the $250
            
            
              stamp, otherwise fine. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 1,000 - 1,500
            
            
              1578
            
            
              1955 (30 May) An over weight air mail cover from
            
            
              Shanghai to HK, bearing various PRC stamps and R5
            
            
              Tien An Men $10,000, total postage rate $20,000 and
            
            
              weight 170g (first 20g = $800, uprated at each 20g =
            
            
              $800, total $6,400 plus air mail 10g. Total $800 x 17 =
            
            
              $13,600.) a correct rate air mail cover. A collection from
            
            
              Xu Xing Ying
            
            
              徐英星
            
            
              , with his private chop in red on
            
            
              cover. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 1,000 - 1,500
            
            
              1579
            
            
              1956 (19 Mar.) A cover to Singapore, on reverse bearing
            
            
              C36 Long March complete set of 2, R8 2f and 4f, tied
            
            
              by char. 'CANTON/TIANTING' cds and two different
            
            
              Canton transits. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 800 - 900
            
            
              1580
            
            
              1957 An air mail cover to Australia, on reverse bearing
            
            
              various C stamps, total value 83 1/2f, tied by 'HARBIN'
            
            
              cds and special red frame chop as reading as 'Via Harbin
            
            
              Customs/Opened by Customs and Resealed by Post
            
            
              Office together'
            
            
              (因有夾帶經哈爾濱關/拆驗并會同郵
            
            
              局重封
            
            
              ), unusual. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 2,000 - 2,500
            
            
              1581
            
            
              1957-61 5 different C series FDC, including C44, C45,
            
            
              C47, C74 and C86. few toned spots on covers. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 1,200 - 1500
            
            
              1582
            
            
              1959 (1 June) C58 Great Leap Forward in Iron and Steel
            
            
              Production comp. set on cover reg. to Shanghai local,
            
            
              with extra 10f, few soiling. Photo
            
            
              K$ 1,200 - 1,500
            
            
              1583
            
            
              1959 (C67-70) A complete series of 10th Anniv of
            
            
              founding of PRC FDC, total 5 FDC. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 1,500 - 1,800
            
            
              1584
            
            
              1959 A depicting Great Wall pc to Hungary, bearing C44
            
            
              4f, S32 8f and R8 1f, tied by unclear 'HANGZHOU' cds.
            
            
              Photo
            
            
              HK$ 1,000 - 1,200
            
            
              1585
            
            
              1959 S63 World Peace Movement on 2 covers to
            
            
              Australia, one cover with complete set.
            
            
              HK$ 500 - 700
            
            
              1586
            
            
              1960 (5 Aug.) Bearing S40 Pig Feeding complete set
            
            
              reg. to Germany, tied by 'SHANGHAI' cds. On reverse,
            
            
              bearing R8, 2f, 4f & 8f. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 800 - 1,000
            
            
              1587
            
            
              1960-61 5 difference C series FDC, including C78, C80,
            
            
              C82, C85 and C89, few toned spots on covers. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 1,800 - 2,000