HK046-Main catalogue

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480 1949 (29 June) A Silver Yuan cover to Belgium. Using Domestic Air mail, bearing surcharged 4c on $100 on revenue stamps strip of 4, total 16c, tied by char. ‘KANSU/WUWEI’ cds. Foreign mails from North West China during Silver Yuan period are rare. Photo HK$ 1,800 - 2,000 481 1949 (29 Apr.) A Gold Yuan cover to Taiwan, on reverse bearing SYS Shanghai Dah Tung print $1,000 strip of 4, and surcharged on parcel post $500 on $5,000, both tied by char. ‘CANTON’ cds, the domestic airmail rate up to 26th April 1929, on 27th April 1949 onwards the Silver Yuan postage applied. Photo HK$ 4,500 - 5,000

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482 1949 (26 July) An opened cover registered to USA, bearing surcharged 20c on 1,000 on revenue stamp in block of 4, tied by bilingual ‘CANTON’ cds, with ‘SAN FRANCISCO/28.7.49’ transit and ‘MASONVILLE/30.7.49’ arrival cds. Photo HK$ 2,500 - 2,800 483 1949 (29 May) A cover to Chungking, bearing Unit stamps Domestic Ordinary and Domestic Registered. Each tied by char. ‘WEST SZECHWAN/WEIYUEN’ cds, with bilingual ‘CHUNGKING/1.6.49’ arrival cds. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000 484 1949 (31 May) A cover registered to Chungdu, on reverse bearing Domestic Ordinary and Domestic Registered x 2, each tied by char. ‘WEST SZECHWAN/MEISHAN’ cds, a few toned spots and damaged at the bottom left. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000

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