Central China Liberation Area

under construction

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
 File:Cen China plains 1y surch.jpg|$1 on $30 surcharge, Chung Chang print. Overprints differ somewhat and are thought to have been done on a mimeograph machine. File:Cen China cen plains surch.jpg|$45 on $50 surcharge, Chen Ming Chan print. File:Cen China surch onrev.jpg 

Chungchow (Henan)




Regional issues
These were usable throughout Communist-controlled areas but were normally used mostly in Central China.  File:Cen China Hankow surch 80.jpg|$80 on $1000 Hankow File:Central China 3 workers.jpg|$30 Kuo Kwang print File:Central China star.jpg|$290 star 
 * In 1949, Sun Yat-sen issues were surcharged with xxxx and new values for Hankow.
 * 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

 File:Cen China castle honan ovpt.jpg|$370 Hankow/Wuchang/Hanyang overprinted for Henan File:Cen China star Honan ovpt.jpg|$10000 star with Henan overprint 

Parcel post
 File:Cen China parcel.jpg|1949 $50,000 value 
 * In 1949, the star design was re-used, now with a split inscription on either side of the star reading Parcel post long.png.
 * In December 1949, farmer/soldier/worker definitives were surcharged with new higher values, $200 and higher, with Revised.png horizontally at top, then the value in Chinese, then in large arabic numerals. Nothing except perhaps the values indicate that these are parcel post stamps.

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