Northeast Directorate General of Post and Telecommunications (東北郵電管理總局)
Yang NE24-29, J.DB-39
| Commemorative Issue: | "International Labour Day on May 1st" ("五一世界勞動節") |
|---|---|
| Issued: | 1 May 1947 |
| Issued by: | Northeast Directorate General of Post and Telecommunications (東北郵電管理總局) in Harbin (哈爾濱) |
| Printed by: | Guangfa Printing House (哈爾濱廣發印刷所) |
| Print method: | Lithography on silk thread paper with watermark, L11 |
| Sheet size: | 10 x 9 = 90 |
| Designer: | Zhang Xiuping (張修平) |
| Currency: | Northeast Currency (東北幣) |
| Valid until: | 8 July 1950 |
| All stamps of this issue shown here. | |
Perforated:
10 元 ⦿ [Yang NE24]
30 元 ⦿ [Yang NE25]
50 元 ⦿ [Yang NE26]
Vertical imperforated:
10 元 [Yang NE24a]
30 元 [Yang NE25a]
50 元 [Yang NE26a]
Imperforated stamps (on silk thread paper with watermark):
10 元 [Yang NE27]
50 元 [Yang NE29]
Imperforated stamps (on newsprint paper without watermark):
30 元 [Yang NE28a]
50 元 [Yang NE29a]
Imperforated stamps (on silk thread paper with watermark), proof prints:
10 元 [Yang NE27b]
50 元 [Yang NE29b]
First Day Cover (FDC):
First Day Cover (rate of 45 元 for double registered letter).Cancel: 1 May 1947, Harbin [inner city] (哈爾濱中央大街),
Binjiang Province (濱江省) [ex. Akio Furusho]
Rear sideRemarks (in general / for this issue):
– All commemorative stamp issues from Northeast are rare on commercial covers.
– Shifted perforation and large stamps with “wings” can be found commonly.
– Because of the existence of large stamps (inaccurate line perforation) and imperforated margins single “imperforated” stamps can’t be count as imperforated stamps.
– Imperforated stamps are more rare as partly perforated stamps (Yang NE24a-26a). So please be careful for altered “imperforated” stamps out of partly perforated stamps.
– Single imperforated stamps on newsprint paper or black proof prints count as imperforated stamps because they were not produced with perforation.
– The watermark is rather big structure, so stamps without a water mark can be found commonly.
– From time to time you can see various black proof sheets on thicker newsprint paper often in reverse or inverted printing and / or in combination with different values / sets (like the one shown in Yang catalog page 118). Sometimes also printed on thick watermark paper. A valuation is hard to calculate, often the authenticity is just doubtful, if sold the price not seldom exceed 10.000.- USD, but please handle these proof prints very carefully!
| Trade Prices 2018 (USD) | (★) | ⊙ | Yang Cat. No. | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 元 | dark grey red | L11 | 6,00 | 10,00 | NE24 | |
| imperf. (vertical) ☐ | 80,00 | --.-- | NE24a | pair | ||
| imperf. ☐ | 160,00 | † | NE27 | pair, unissued | ||
| imperf. ☐ | 340,00 | † | NE27a | unissued, newsprint paper | ||
| black | imperf. ☐ | 600,00 | † | NE27b | unissued, proof print | |
| 30 元 | blackish cobalt | L11 | 6,00 | 10,00 | NE25 | |
| imperf. (vertical) ☐ | 80,00 | --.-- | NE25a | pair | ||
| imperf. ☐ | 240,00 | † | NE27 | pair, unissued | ||
| imperf. ☐ | 140,00 | † | NE27a | unissued, newsprint paper | ||
| black | imperf. ☐ | 600,00 | † | NE27b | unissued, proof print | |
| 50 元 | dark greenish oliv | L11 | 6,00 | 10,00 | NE26 | |
| imperf. (vertical) ☐ | 80,00 | --.-- | NE26a | pair | ||
| imperf. ☐ | 200,00 | † | NE29 | pair, unissued | ||
| imperf. ☐ | 220,00 | † | NE29a | unissued, newsprint paper | ||
| black | imperf. ☐ | 600,00 | † | NE29b | unissued, proof print | |