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836 1949 (17 May) An air mail Silver Yuan cover to New York, USA, on front tied by ‘KANSU/POSTAGE PAID/SANDAN’ frame chop in black and bilingual ‘LANCHOW/17.5.49’ cds, on reverse bearing Gold Yuan surcharged on SYS Shanghai Dah Tung print, $100,000 on $30,000 block of 20, tied by very neat bilingual ‘LANCHOW’ cds, a unique cover with Gold Yuan stamp used in Silver Yuan period with such large multiple, very fine. Photo HK$ 7,000 - 8,000 837 1949 (18 Oct.) A Silver Yuan cover to Switzerland, bearing Unit stamp Domestic Ordinary and Fukien surcharged 10c on $1,000,000, both tied by char. ‘FUKIEN/MOPING’ (武平) cds, on reverse with char. ‘FUKIEN/SHEUNGKONG/19.10.49’ (上 抗) ‘SWATOW/26.10.49’ machine roller and ‘HONG KONG/1.11.49’ transit. Amoy was liberated on 17th Oct.1949, late usage. Photo HK$ 3,000 - 4,000

838 1949 (22 Oct.) A printed matter rate Silver Yuan cover to Portland, USA, bearing SYS Chungking Hwa Nan print 4c, 10c and 20c, tied by bilingual ‘CHUNGKING’ cds, Chungking was liberated on 30th Nov. 1949. Photo HK$ 1,000 - 1,500

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