HK036 - LA & PRC catalogue

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3112

3112 1951 (1 Nov.) A cover to Soviet Union, bearing ‘For Use In Northeast’ Tien An Men 1st print $5,000, $20,000 and 2nd print $100,000, tied by char. ‘INDUSTRY STREET’ ( 工業街 ) cds, on reverse with Soviet Union arrival cds, fine. Photo HK$ 2,000 - 3,000 3113 1951 (10 Feb.) An air mail cover from Shanghai registered to France, on front tied by bilingual ‘A.R.’ black reg. cachet, on reverse with Tien An Men (R1) $500, $3,000 x 3, $10,000, (SC6) $50 on $10 in pair and $400 on $15 x 2, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, bilingual ‘CANTON/14.2.51’ transit, ‘STRASBOURG/20.2.51’ arrival cds, a few dirt marks. Photo HK$ 600 - 700

3115

3114

3114 1951 (19 Oct.) A FDC of the (C11) The 15th Anniv of Death of Lu Xun complete set of 2, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ first day cancel, sent to HK, very fine. Photo HK$ 600 - 800 3115 1954 (12 Dec.) A cover to Beijing bearing (R7) Tien An Men $2,000 tied by character ‘Xian’ cds, on reverse with character ‘Beijing/14.12.54’ arrival cds. Fine. Photo HK$ 400 - 500

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3116

3116 1954 (18 Sept.) A printed illustration cover from Beijing to East Germany, bearing Tien An Men R4 $1,000, R7 $1,600 and air mail 1st series $5,000, each tied by bilingual ‘PEKING’ cds, fine. Photo HK$ 1,600 - 2,000 3117 1954 (8 Sept.) An air mail cover from Shanghai to Zurich, Switzerland, on reverse bearing R4 $500, $3,000 strip of 3, R5 $50,000 and air mail 1st issue $10,000, tied by ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, bilingual ‘CANTON/12.9.54’ transit, paying correct international airmail rate at $39,500 ($3,500 quadruple rate postage + $36,000 airmail rate) Photo HK$ 2,800 - 3,000

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