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747 1949 (17 May) An air mail cover to Prague, Czechoslovakia, bearing SYS Gold Yuan $100,000 x 16, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, center folded, a nice example of Gold Yuan stamps used in the Silver Yuan period. Photo HK$ 700 - 800 748 1949 (4 June) A Silver Yuan cover from Taili registered to Kunming, bearing Yunnan surcharged 12c on $200, tied by char. ‘YUNNAN/TAILI’ cds, violet reg. frame chop alongside, on reverse with bilingual ‘KUNMING/7.7.49’ machine roller arrival cancel. Photo HK$ 700 - 800 749 1950 (19 May) A Postage Due cover to USA, bearing Constitution of the USA 5c x 2, stamp untied and Peking print Martyrs 20c x 2, tied by char. ‘FUKIEN’ cdsm with USA Postage Due 2c, tied by faint double oval cancel, hand stamped ‘T..10 Ctmes’ Postage Due in violet fame. and ‘POSTAGE DUE’ in violet straight. Danny C. Ko collection, 柯治軍 藏品. Photo DA50 R1400 HK$ 1,400 - 1,800 750 1949 (18 July) A Silver Yuan cover registered to Yunnan, bearing Yunnan surcharged 12c on $200 on SYS Chungking Central Trust print, tied by bilingual ‘SHIHPING’ cds, hand stamped char. ‘R/No.65’ reg. cachet in violet. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000 751 1949 (23 June) An air mail Silver Yuan printed ‘Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of China’ from Canton registered to Geneva, Switzerland, on front, hand stamped ‘DIPLOMATIC’ in violet, on reverse, bearing Silver Yuan surcharged on Revenue stamps, 10c on $1,000 and 50c on $50, tied by bilingual ‘CANTON’ cds, ‘GENEVE/4.7.49’ arrival cds in 2 different types. fine. Photo HK$ 2,000 - 2,500

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