1945年8月15日日本宣布无条件投降,但盘踞在烟台的日伪拒不向胶东八路军受降,8月17日在胶东军区司令员许世友指挥下,向烟台守敌发起总攻,经过七昼夜激烈战斗,于8月24日解放烟台,烟台也成为首个被收复的沿海城市。刚成立的“烟台战时邮局”进驻市区,开始使用“烟台战邮”日戳。由于常用的1角面值邮票短缺,便擅自决定将库存的5分朱德像邮票加盖“暂作壹角”使用,集 August 15, 1945 Japan announced unconditional surrender, but entrenched in Yantai, Japan and the Puppet refused to Jiaodong Eighth Route Army surrendered, August 17 in the Jiaodong military commander Xu Shiyou under the command of the Yantai defenders launched a general offensive, after fierce fighting for seven days and nights, Yantai was liberated as the first coastal city to be liberated on August 24. Just set up “Yantai wartime post office ” entered the city, began to use “Yantai war mail ” date stamp. Due to the shortage of stamps commonly used for a corner value, they arbitrarily decided to stamp their 5-point stock stamps as stamps