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1949 (18 Oct.) A Silver Yuan cover from West Szechwan registered to Chungking, on front bearing Unit stamp Domestic
Registered, red, tied by char. ‘WEST SZECHWAN/CHUNGKAN’ ‘
中間
’ cds, char. Bilingual ‘CHUNGKING/23.10.49’, ‘WEST
SZECHWAN/XIAOLONGKAN/24.10.49’ ‘
小龍坎
’ cds, on reverse bearing revenue 4c on $3,000 orange x 5, tied by bilingual
‘WEST SZECHWAN/CHUNGKAN’ cds, The PRC was founded 1st Oct 1949, late usage of the Silver Yuan Unit stamps, fine.
Photo
HK$ 2,500 - 3,000
4141
1949 (19 Aug.) A printed matter rate Silver Yuan cover from Putien, Fukien to USA, bearing surcharged 2s on $2,000,000 on SYS
Shanghai Dah Tung 3rd print and 4c on $3,000 on Revenue stamp, tied by char. ‘FUKIEN/PUTIEN’ cds, missing bottom left
corner. Photo
HK$ 2,000 - 2,500
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1949 (3 Aug.) A Silver Yuan air mail cover from Amoy to Vietnam, on reverse bearing SYS Chungking Hwa Nan print 1c grass,
4c grey green and Revenue surcharged 50c on $50 pale blue, both tied by bilingual ‘AMOY’ cds, ‘HONG KONG/3.8.49’ transit
alongside, with contents, roughly opened, some tears at all the edges and slight ageing, an unusual destination. Photo
HK$ 1,500 - 2,000
4143
1949 (4 May) A Silver Yuan cover from Canton to Hong Kong, bearing Kwangtung Postal District no face value label stamp, with
postmaster signature at lower left, tied by bilingual ‘CANTON’ cds. Photo
HK$ 1,000 - 1,500