Central China Liberation Area

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The Central China Liberation Area was a postal district under Communist administration. It was made up of Henan (Honan), Hebei (Hopei), Hunan and Jiangxi (Kiangsi) provinces. Some parts of it overlapped parts of the earlier Central China occupation postal district.

All of its stamps were issued without gum.

Central Plains Liberated Area




Chungchow (Henan)




Regional issues
These were usable throughout Communist-controlled areas but were normally used mostly in Central China.  File:Central China 3 workers.jpg File:Central China star.jpg 
 * In 1949, Sun Yat-sen issues were surcharged with xxxx and new values.
 * Later in 1949, surcharges on Sun Yat-sen and transportation revenues were issued with a vertical cccc and vvvvv ("Jiangxi") below it. This was the First Jiangxi Issue.
 * A bit later, similar surcharges were issued except in a script font/style. This includes re-surcharges on transportation revenues. This was the Second Jiangxi Issue.
 * A surcharge with xxxx and diamonds in boxes was applied on Unit stamps.
 * Also in 1949, stamps with a design of a farmer, soldier and worker were issued in various perfs. There are two different printings of the $30 value.
 * Also in 1949, a star design was released. There are two types of the $500 and $1000 values.


 * Somewhat later, surcharges on the star design stamps were issued. xxxx
 * Then, a larger format issue in three designs was released to commemorate the taking of Hankow, Wuchang and Hanyang. They exist perf and imperf.
 * Three values of the farmer, soldier and worker issue were provisionally surcharged for Henan with xxxx, the new value and bbbb at bottom.
 * More values were issued for Henan with a two-line overprint vvvvv.
 * The Hankow/Wuchang/Hanyang issue was similarly overprinted for Henan.
 * Two values





Parcel post

 * In 1949, the star design was used, now with an inscription on either side of the star reading cccc



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