HK038-Main Catalogue

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1056 1949 (1 Aug.) A large Remittance cover to Hong Kong, a responding Mother cover mailed from Swatow to Hong Kong, on reverse tied by ‘60c/ 汕(一 ) Postage Paid/ SWATOW’Meter red chop, with SYS Hwa Nan print 10c block of 8, tied by bilingual ‘SWATOW’ cds. Total value of 68c was 136 times the surface mail postage to Hong Kong and the 136 responding covers (at 5c each) included in the mother cover. This cover also proves that unlike Malaysia Remittance mail matter to Hong Kong were not entitled to the concessional postage rare. From the collection of Patrick Choy. Photo HK$ 28,000 - 30,000

1057 1949 (1 May) A Silver Yuan plain address cover, bearing the rare Watlam complete set of 3, tied by char. 'Postal Saving/Watlam' cancel in black. This is the first day souvenir cover, 1c in formal char, 5c in simple char, 8c in formal char, the 5c central black omitted variety (Chan S160a). From the collection of Patrick Choy . Photo HK$ 85,000 - 90,000 1057

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