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Auction: CSS46 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 6220

Liberated Areas
North China
Chin-Ki-Lu-Yu Border Area (Shensi-Hopeh-Shantung-Honan)
1938 Temporary Postage Paid
1938 (4 Mar.) opened-out envelope to Peking bearing the handstruck 5c. red cancelled by Changte Ho English/Chinese c.d.s. with a further strike on the reverse. This handstamp was not accepted by Nationalists and a tax handstamp applied in purple with pair of 5c. Postage Due tied by Peiping (3) c.d.s. (9.3). The envelope has been a little roughly opened and there are a couple of tiny fragments missing near the handstamp. Scarce. Photo

Sold for
HK$22,000