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889
1949 (15 Nov.) An air mail Silver Yuan cover from Kunming to Canada, bearing Silver Yuan Union Press surcharged on
revenue $50 on $50, East Szechwan surcharged 5c on $500,000, tied by bilingual ‘KUNMING/YUNNANFU’ cds, ‘HONG
KONG/24.11.49’ transit on reverse, damaged at the top left corner. Photo
HK$ 2,500 - 3,000
890
1949 (18 Oct.) A Silver Yuan cover from Canton to Hong Kong, bearing the Unit Stamps Domestic Ordinary orange, tied by
bilingual ‘CANTON’ cds, with contents clarifying the rumors of The Liberation Army troops moving to HK, was not true, and
also recounting the Pearl River Bridge being bombed by the Liberation Army on 14th Oct. 1949, a very useful historical civilian
document regarding the Liberation of Canton, contents are toned. Photo
HK$ 3,500 - 4,000
891
1949 (2 Oct.) A Silver Yuan cover registered to Chengtu, on front bearing SYS Chungking Hwa Nan print 1c grass green, on
reverse bearing Silver Yuan Cheng Chung Book Co., on revenue stamps 10c on $1,000 strip of 3, both tied by char. ‘WEST
SZECHWAN/LOKCHI’ ‘
樂至
’ cds, probably missing one stamp, with a worm hole. Photo
HK$ 1,600 - 1,800
892
1949 (23 Oct.) A Silver Yuan cover from East Szechwan to Chungking, on reverse bearing East Szechwan surcharged 5c on
$200,000 SYS Chungking Haw Nan print single stamp and block of 6, both tied by character ‘EAST SZECHWAN/KIANGTSIN’
(
江津
) cds, with bilingual ‘CHUNGKIANG/24.10.49’ transit and character ‘EAST SZECHWAN/25.10.49’ arrival cds. fine. Photo
HK$ 1,400 - 1,800
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