Description: This evocative slate-green stamp was issued by the East China Postal Service (華東郵政) in the liberated areas just prior to the founding of the People's Republic. The design dramatically contrasts the old and new methods of mail transport: a traditional postal runner with a parcel sack on his back is depicted in the foreground, while a powerful steam train charges along the tracks, and a truck along the roads behind him. Both figures move forward under the illuminating rays of a large five-pointed star in the upper left. The issue date "1949" is centered at the bottom, flanked by the Western denomination "30" and the Chinese value "叁拾圓" (Thirty Yuan).
Circa: 1949
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