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1311 1949 (11 Sept.) A Silver Yuan cover sent to Fukien province locally, bearing the bisected 10c on $1,000 red on revenue stamp, tied by char. ‘FUKIEN/WESHI’ ( 芴石 ) cds, with 2 char. ‘FUKIEN/FOOCHOW’ transit, shows 2 different char. index. very fine. Photo HK$ 1,300 - 1,500 1312 1949 (14 Sept.) A Silver Yuan double reg. cover from East Szechwan to Chungking, on reverse bearing Silver Yuan East Szechwan surcharged 5c on $20,000 single and block of 6, tied by ‘EAST SZECHWAN’ cds, with bilingual ‘HUCHWAN/20.9.49’ transit, and ‘CHUNGKING/22.9.49’ arrival cds. Photo HK$ 1,400 - 1,800 1313 1949 (15 June) A Silver Yuan cover sent to Dali locally, bearing Silver Yuan Yunnan surcharged 12c on $200 on SYS Chungking Central Trust print, tied by char. ‘YUNNAN/DALI’ cds, with ‘YUNNAN/DALI/16.6.49’ arrival cds on both sides. Fine. Photo HK$ 1,000 - 1,400 1314 1949 (17 May) ASilver Yuan air mail cover from Tsingtao to Havana, Cuba. Bearing various Silver Yuan stamps, including Tsingtao surcharged 1c on $100 on SYS Shanghai Dah Tung print (Chan S199) tied by bilingual ‘TSINGTAO’ first day cancel, unusual destination, fine. Photo HK$ 1,700 - 2,000

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1315 1949 (16May)ASilverYuan cover fromWushi toTainan, Taiwan. On reverse, bearingUnit stamps, Shanghai DahTung print Domestic Ordinary, orange and Domestic Air mail, green, tied by faint char. ‘KIANGSU/WUCHI’ cds, bilingual ‘SHANGHAI/17.5.49’ transit and char. ‘TAIWAN/TAINAN/18.5.49’ arrival cds, a rare cover sent to Taiwan during the early Silver Yuan period. Photo HK$ 9,000 - 10,000 1316 1949 (17 May) Two Silver Yuan fragments show the complete char. ‘Domestic Postage Paid/Kiukiang’ neither ‘Express’ ( 快遞 ) nor ‘Surface’ ( 平郵 ) both tied by the bilingual ‘KIUKIANG/17.5.49’ cds. Kiukiang was liberated on the date 17th May 1949. Fine. Photo HK$ 1,700 - 2,000

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