Rodney, I'm not sure if you're stuck in a bit of a time warp ...
The postmark on the first stamp simply reads '[illegible location] Post Office'.
The other two stamps are most decidedly not 'Free China', in the old Cold War sense, anyway. The portrait is of Chu Teh/Zhu De, the old Communist General. The inscriptions read 'Shantung/Shandong Wartime Posts'. In my 20-odd year-old Gibbons, they're listed under East China - 1. Shandong as SG EC 46B and SG EC 42B (the first is a $1; the second value is a $0.10).
SG EC46A - the imperf version - is catalogued at £150 mint, against £1.50 for the perf. variety (SG EC 46B). The rest, I leave in your scissors, er, hands.
Incidentally, and before you think to ask, Chan doesn't list any of those Commie issues. He does deal, extensively, with the Japanese occupation and Manchukuo, though, as well as the Treaty Ports and foreign post offices.
I can get wiki Tony, but was after philatelic cynosure. No matter, I'll make up a dog's breakfast page.
I have warrehouse's tip about the bogus issues I have a CDS from Deutche Post I have chinese CDS Tientsin and the Italian issues overprinted "Tientsin"
That should make an interesting page, even without much philatelic comment.
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