Description: This vintage commemorative postage stamp from the South China Liberated Area is executed in a deep bister-brown monochromatic ink on an off-white cream paper stock. The central illustration showcases a low-angle architectural perspective of the historic Haizhu Bridge (traditionally known as the Ho-Nam Bridge) crossing the Pearl River in Guangzhou (Canton). A large, crisp five-pointed star anchors the upper-left corner to denote the newly established communist governance, while a vertical panel along the right border houses the traditional Chinese characters reading "South China Postal Administration" (華南郵政). Across the upper frame, an inscriptive banner proclaims "Commemorating the Liberation of Guangzhou" (廣州解放紀念). The base of the layout isolates the western year "1949" in a central tablet, flanked by a western numeric value "20" on the left and its traditional Chinese script equivalent "Twenty Yuan" (圓拾貳) on the right. This particular specimen features wide, completely imperforate margins characteristic of its regional printing.
Circa: 1949-1950
Condition: Unused - Hinged
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