A Concise Catalogue of Postal Cancellations of China (1872-1949) by Paul Ko-Shing Chang. Pub 1996, handbound with a red binding. This work is a condensed version of Mr Chang’s 10 volume opus History of Postal Cancellations ($540 available elsewhere on these pages) without the postal history illustrations. Thousands of postmarks illustrated and identified with a great deal of history explained. Key ingredients pertain to: Postal markings, slogans, postal history 1872-1949, 19th/20th century, fee paid mail, customs markings, locals and private posts, Shanghai, Treaty Posts, post offices, registered mail, post office seals, labels, seals, military mail, censored, prisoner of war and internee mail, propaganda, meters, mobile post offices, railway mail, airmail, shipping companies, free franks etc. China, Formosa, provinces, Tibet.