Northeast Directorate General of Post and Telecommunications (東北郵電管理總局)
Yang NE162-163, NE165-171, J.DB —
| Regular Issue: | 1st Issue Tien An Men Gate Design (初版天安門東北貼用票) |
|---|---|
| Issued: | 25 January 1950 |
| Issued by: | Northeast Directorate General of Post and Telecommunications (東北郵電管理總局) |
| Printed by: | Northeast Post and Telecommunications Printing Factory (東北郵電印刷廠) |
| Print method: | Lithographic Offset on white paper, perforate C10½ (sheet of 80), H10½ (sheet of 100) |
| Sheet size: | 10 x 8 = 80 [1000 元, 2000 元, 2500 元, 5000 元] and 10 x 10 = 100 [all] |
| Designer: | Sun Chuanzhe (孫傳哲) |
| Currency: | Northeast Currency (東北幣) |
| Valid until: | 1 August 1951 |
| All stamps of this issue shown here. | |
500 元 ⦿[Yang NE162]
1000 元 ⦿[Yang NE163]
2000 元 ⦿[Yang NE165]
2500 元 ⦿[Yang NE166]
5000 元 ⦿[Yang NE167]
10000 元 ⦿[Yang NE168]
20000 元 ⦿[Yang NE169]
35000 元 ⦿[Yang NE170]
50000 元 ⦿[Yang NE171]
Color variations of 35000 元 denomination (blue, blackish cobalt, blackish lilac ultramarine):
35000 元 ⦿[Yang NE --]
35000 元 ⦿[Yang NE --]
35000 元 ⦿[Yang NE170]
Varieties (paper fold, offset):
5000 元 ⦿[Yang NE167]
5000 元 ⦿[Yang NE167]
Cover:
Cover (rate of 5000 元 for domestic letter). Cancel: 1 May 1950 Jixi (鷄西)
This cover bears an interesting mistake in the cancellation where date and sub-district are inverted:
Cover (rate of 5000 元 for domestic letter).Cancel: 4 July 1950 Harbin Municipal Bureau (哈爾濱市局),
arrival roller cancel: 6 July 1950 Tianjin (天津),
exit cancel: 7 July 1950 Tianjin (天津) with postman's chop.
Remarks (in general / for this issue):
– Stamps of this issue are rare on covers (expect the 5000 元 denomination)
– Some stamp catalogs (like Stanley Gibbons) list a 2nd print of the 10000 元 denomination (SG NE282) in a slightly different color. This listing is not correct and was blindly copied many times. It base on a mistake by an early stamp catalogue (“Standard Catalogue People’s Post of China“, issued in Hongkong 1952).
| Trade Prices 2018 (USD) | (★) | ⊙ | Yang Cat. No. | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 元 ● | blackish yellow oliv | (C/H)10½ | 2,00 | 8,00 | NE162 | |
| 1000 元 ● | dark yellowish orange | (C/H)10½ | 2,00 | 8,00 | NE163 | |
| 2000 元 ● | blackish grey green | (C/H)10½ | 2,00 | 8,00 | NE165 | |
| 2500 元 ● | orange yellow | (C/H)10½ | 3,00 | 9,00 | NE166 | |
| 5000 元 ● | dark orange | (C/H)10½ | 22,00 | 20,00 | NE167 | |
| 10000 元 ● | brown orange | (C/H)10½ | 5,00 | 12,00 | NE168 | |
| 20000 元 ● | dark orange brown | (C/H)10½ | 4,00 | 10,00 | NE169 | |
| 35000 元 ● | blackish lilac ultramarine | (C/H)10½ | 2,00 | 10,00 | NE170 | |
| blackish cobalt | 2,00 | 12,00 | -- | |||
| blue | 4,00 | 20,00 | -- | |||
| 50000 元 ● | blackish yellow green | (C/H)10½ | 12,00 | 32,00 | NE171 | |
| Set of 9 | 54,00 | 117,00 | ||||