1950 Shanghai local cover has wears/wrinkles/crease as would usually be expected but shows an elusive POSTAGE PAID / 16 APR 50 / SHANGHAI OCTAGONAL TYPE marking applied by cancellation machine.

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1993 ROUGHLY OPENED cover from Szechwan Province to Sinkiang Province, repaired with a bilingual Sinkiang Postal Seal Label(#3C-7) and tied by bilingual Sinkiang postmarks on both side of the cover.

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1996 cover from Szechwan Province to Sinkiang Province, repaired with  three bilingual Sinkiang Postal Seal Labels ( two normal copies of #3C-2 plus the variety of MISPLACED LR CORNER ORNAMENT #3C-2a ) and tied by bilingual Sinkiang postmarks.

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2002 cover from Kiangsi Province to Sinkiang Province, repaired with a bilingual Sinkiang Postal Seal Label(#3B-5) and tied by bilingual Sinkiang postmarks on both side of the cover.

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2002 cover from Shensi Province to Sinkiang Province, repaired with a Sinkiang bilingual POSTAL SEAL LABEL(#3B-5) showing ORNAMENT FADED ERROR (This error was on the 3rd ornament from left of top side), tied by bilingual Sinkiang postmarks on both side of the cover.

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2002 cover from Szechwan Province to Sinkiang Province, repaired with a pair of Sinkiang bilingual POSTAL SEAL LABELS(#3B-5) of which the right hand label shows the ORNAMENT SIDEWAYS ERROR (This error was on the 2nd ornament from left of top side FACING LEFT rather than facing down ), tied by bilingual Sinkiang postmarks on both side of the cover.

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2002 cover from Shensi Province to Sinkiang Province, repaired with a Sinkiang bilingual POSTAL SEAL LABEL(#3B-5) showing ORNAMENT SIDEWAYS ERROR (This error was on the 7th ornament from left of bottom side FACING LEFT rather than facing down ), tied by bilingual Sinkiang postmarks on both side of the cover.

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1993 EXPRESS COVER to LI-HSIEN of HUNAN PROVINCE bearing

HO-TAH local surcharge stamp.

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