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接管汕頭區郵局 Taking Over of Post Offices in Swatow Area

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The post offices in Swatow area were taken over by the MCC in two stages:

軍管會是分兩個階段接受汕頭地區郵局： ​

Those in the North Territory in August as a consequence of the Battle of Hengpo (example: – Meihsien was liberated on 15th August 1949). Whereas those in the southern territory were taken in late October after the fall of Canton (example: - Swatow was liberated on 24th October 1949). The post offices in the Swatow area continued to sell Silver Yuan stamps until 1st November when the “Liberation, Temporary Used for” stamps were issued. 而南部地區是在十月底在廣州解放後才接 收，例如汕頭在10月24日解放。汕頭軍管會容許銀元郵票沿用至11月1日，之後只可使用” 解放暫用 “郵票，而銀元郵資依然通用。 北部地區，隨著衡寶戰役，例如梅縣在8月16日解放。

Using Invalid Silver Yuan Stamps in Swatow

汕頭違規使用的銀圓郵票封

On 1st November 1949 the Swatow Post Office Military Take-over Group was established. Military representatives issued a notification stating: “DGP-issued stamps owned by post offices and individuals shall be overprinted prior to circulation. They will otherwise be regarded as invalid.” From this, it can be seen that effective 1st November Swatow Post Office would stop the usage of Silver Yuan stamps. However Silver Yuan postage was still valid. “Liberation Temporary Used For” stamps were therefore issued, for usage up to 24th November 1949 However, a few Swatow post offices sold Silver Yuan stamps after 1st November at the rate Silver Yuan 5 fen = RMB 100. This was also the Silver Yuan/RMB postage rate for surface domestic and Hong Kong/Macau at the time. 1949年11月1日，“汕頭郵政局軍事接管小組”成立。軍代表發出通知：“郵政局和私人手上留存 的中華郵政發行的各種郵票，必須經郵政局加蓋字樣後始能通用，否則一律無效。”由此可了解 到，1949年11月1日起汕頭停用銀圓郵票，但仍然採用銀元郵資, 所以發行可使用到11月24日的 “解 放暫作” 郵票。但1949年11月1日後汕頭有幾家郵局依然以銀元5分或人民幣100元出售平信單位郵 票，剛剛好，那時的國內平郵和寄往香港/澳門郵資，正是銀元5分或人民幣100元。

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