North China. COLLECTION: 1937-50, 330 mint and used stamps, 16 covers and 2 unused stationery postcards, starting with Chin-Cha-Ki Border area issues, Large and Small Victory stamps with numerous varieties and later surcharges, Chairman Mao perforated and imperforated sets, Tangshan surcharges on Dr. Sun Yat-sen stamps, Bird over the Globe items, two pre-paid postal receipts in blue and gray violet (no guarantee), Farmer Plowing, Chairman Mao stamps and further surcharges, then nice range of Beijing surcharges on Dr. Sun Yat-sen stamps, Labor Day, Communist Party issues and more, overall fresh condition, mainly no gum as issued, F/VF (Image)

North China. 1946, native cover with original enclosure from Hebei Prov. to Beijing, franked by two horizontal pairs of large ($4 vermilion) and small ($1 pale red) Victory issue, cancelled by ''25.6.46'', Beijing ''29.6.46'' arrival marking, minor conveyance flaws, mostly VF (Image)

North China. 1949, native cover from Tangshan (suburb of Tientsin) to Beijing, franked by a single of $2000 on $500 and vertical pair of $5000 on $500, each one with large space between characters, tied by Tangshan date stamp, Beijing ''25.3.49'' arrival marking, mostly VF (Image)

North China. 1949, native cover from Jinyuan (Shanxi Prov.) to Beijing, franked altogether by 13 surcharges (second set) on Farmer Plowing stamps, including $30 on $10,000 puple in block of ten and a single, all appropriate markings and arrival ds, VF and scarce (Image)

North China. 1949, native cover from Baoding (Hebei Prov.) to Beijing, franked by four values, including ''Chinese People Post'' surcharge $12 on $200 violet red, tied by Baoding ds, Beijing ''15.5.49'' arrival marking, mostly VF (Image)

North China. UNLISTED INNER MONGOLIA LOCAL ISSUE: 1949, red band cover from Jiuyuan district of Baotou to Beijing, franked by five (block of four and a single) Silver Yuan black surcharges 5c on Dr. Sun Yat-sen $20,000 orange, each one with text at the top obliterated by violet ink, tied by Jiuyuan date stamp ''16.10.49'' in Chinese, postmarked on arrival by ''9.11.49'' Beijing marking, opened for display, mainly VF and with high probability unique item, Chinese guarantee hs (Image)