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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

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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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