'The emergency post office in Shanghai during the Postal Strike, isa matter' of istory now, and a course of interest for, all. philate-[lists. Writing for the "South China Morning Post', P.O. Stage sayt:
In my notes last week on the postal strike in Shunghai 1 remarked that contrary to expectations it had not "resulted "in the crop of] SQnuswale" that was expected. Except for the. interesting little coupon here illustrated, issued by the Emergency Postal' Service authorities, there. is "nothing to record. This coupon is 'S$ x. 24 inches. in size, Sind has the centre inscription printed green set in a framework of horizontal lines printed in red. 'A. tube ber stamp chop—E-P., in a eirelo—pears on the face of the coupon' ju' violet, but unfortunately due" the colour, it didn't come ott in the Photographing "process. While not a stamp this coupon is: rightly Slaesified as postal stationery. The coupons were sold five for a dollar and! as the inscription shows entitled the shearer "to mail one letter weight not exceeding one ounce.
One of these coupons should ap:
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.