China 1948 (7 Nov) Port Arthur 31st Anniversary of Russian October Revolution set of 3 to $100 on 4f yellow-olive, SGNE45/7.
A very fine and fresh unmounted mint, with full original gum, set.
A set which is rarely seen so fine.
This set was issued on the 7th November 1948 - 31st Anniversary of the October (1917) Revolution in Petrograd which paved the way for the Communist "Soviet" government which came into power in 1922.
Soviet forces entered into the former Kwantung Leased Territory shortly after the Japanese surrender of 18th August 1945 and postal services were suspended for six months. A limited service was resumed, in larger post offices only, on 18th March 1946. The Russians quickly established links to the local communist areas and gradually this increased to all communist held areas in China. Until 1949 there were no postal links to any non-communist country outside of China.
The Soviets shared control of Port Arthur with the Chinese Communists from August 1945 to May 1950, they controlled the financial matters of the city. The Soviet banknotes for the Kwantung Bank (Luda zone) where designed and printed by the Russians so they are very European in style, all other financial material was Russian supervised.
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