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831 1949 (12 Sept.) A Silver Yuan air mail cover to USA. Bearing Unit stamp Domestic Ordinary, Air Mail and Peking Summer Palace Scenery 40c, both tied by bilingual ‘CANTON’ cds. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000 832 1949 (13 June) A Silver Yuan temporary stamp label, showing ‘Domestic Postage Paid/Limited For June 13, The Year 38’ in violet char. Plus ‘Nancheng First Class Postmaster’ frame chop in red char. Tied by Nancheng/Shensi’ dotted rim cancel. A great rarity in excellent condition. Photo HK$ 5,000 - 5,500

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833 1949 (13 June) An official Remittance receipt, bearing overprinted in blue char. ‘Silver Yuan/Kweichow Postal Area’ (銀圓/貴州郵區) on Pagoda $1 strip of 4 and $5, both tied by bilingual ‘KWEIYANG’ cds, fine. Photo HK$ 1,200 - 1,500 834 1949 (14 June) A cover to Zurich, Switzerland, bearing Silver Yuan Fukien surcharged, 10c on $6,000 on SYS Shanghai Dah Tung 2nd print (Chan S52) tied by the unusual obliterator cancel in black frame, matching the bilingual ‘AMOY’ cds. This cancellation is mentioned in ‘History of Postal Cancellation of China’ volume VIII page 665, there is a picture of a similar cover. It seems that the stamp on the cover was not cancelled at the town of origin and this was discovered in Amoy. With an article written by Tom Massa in The China Clipper Jan. 2015. Rare. Photo HK$ 4,000 - 5,000 835 1949 (17 May) An air mail cover to Prague, Czechoslovakia, bearing SYS Gold Yuan $100,000 x 16, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, center folded, a nice example of Gold Yuan stamps used in the Silver Yuan period. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000

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