Description: This historic definitive stamp stems from the Central China Liberated Area postal administration during the final pivotal year of the Chinese Civil War. The central design frames an iconic triumvirate representing the cornerstones of the emerging state: a peasant woman carrying a harvest basket on the left, an armed soldier standing at attention while gesturing forward in the center, and an industrial laborer operating a pneumatic jackhammer on the right. Encircling the central vignette is an arch inscribed with "中華郵政" (Chinese Postal Service), punctuated by a prominent five-pointed star crowning the scene. Lithographed in a deep yellow-green ink, the stamp proudly features the revolutionary year 1949 across the lower pedestal, flanked by the Western numeral "30" in the bottom corners and corresponding Chinese characters "叁拾" (Thirty) and "圓" (Yuan) in the upper corners.
Circa: 1949
Condition: Unused - Hinged
Notes:
This 30 Yuan green stamp is a classic example of transitional "Liberated Area" philately issued just prior to the official founding of the People's Republic of China. Because these stamps were manufactured during severe wartime resource shortages, they were printed via offset lithography by local regional print shops like the Kuo-Kang Printing House in Hankow and the Ta-Ming Press House.