North China Border Area

under construction

North China was a postal region under Communist control. It was made up of Chahar, Hebei (Hopei), Shaanxi (Shensi) and Suiyan provinces.

Chin Cha Chi Border Area


File:North China Shaanxi.jpg 

Chin Cha Chi Post




East Hebei
 File:NChina Victory.jpg|1947 2nd anniversary, victory over Japan 

Hebei Shandong Area




Shaanxi Suiyan Border Area




Suiyan Inner Mongolia Border Area




People's Republic Regional issues
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Parcel post
In 1949, for maximum confusion, different surcharges on Republic of China parcel post or money order (pagoda) stamps were used. How did they win the war, you might wonder.  File:N China parcels.jpg|$100 on $10 money order stamp File:North China loco parcels.jpg|$20,000 value 
 * Republic of China parcel post stamps were overprinted in three horizontal lines – Peoples Rep Post RtoL.png, then the denomination in Chinese, then North China.png.
 * About the same time, parcel post stamps were surcharged with the characters of Temporary use.png flanking the new value in Chinese in a box at top, then xlfkg, then Temporary use.png again (again?) and then the new value in arabic numerals in a box at the bottom.
 * Republic of China money order stamps were surcharged horizontally Peoples Rep Post RtoL.png, Parcel post long.png on the next line, then the value in Chinese, and then North China.png.
 * Then money order stamps were surcharged horizontally North China.png, then the denomination in Chinese, then Parcel post long.png, then the denomination again and then North China.png again. Five points for symmetry.
 * Then one stinking $20 on $1 red surcharge was released, the new denomination at top and bottom with Parcel post long.png between.
 * Later in 1949, region-specific parcel post stamps inscribed Peoples Rep Post RtoL.png at top and Parcel post long.png at bottom showing a locomotive were issued.

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