HK036 - Main catalogue

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1317 1949 (18 May) A stampless Silver Yuan cover from Canton to Hong Kong, on front hand stamped ‘Postage Paid/Canton’ frame chop in black, on reverse with bilingual ‘CANTON/18.5.49’ transit. Fine. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,200 1318 1949 (19 Sept.) A Canton-Hankow Railway Bureau Cover to Kiangsu, on reverse bearing Silver Yuan Hunan overprinted on SYS Shanghai Dah Tung print $100 as Domestic Ordinary, tied by faint char. cancel, with bilingual SHANGHAI/19.9.49’ slogan machine roller transit and bilingual ‘SUCHOW/20.9.49’ arrival cds, center folded and slightly damaged at the back. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000 1319 1949 (2 Sept.) A Silver Yuan cover from Canton to Macau, bearing Silver Yuan Kwang Tung overprinted on revenue stamps $30 purple as Domestic Ordinary, tied by unclear bilingual ‘CANTON’ cds, with ‘MACAU//2.9.49’ arrival cancel. Photo HK$ 1,200 - 1,500 1320 1949 (21 July) A Silver Yuan cover to Toishan local, bearing Silver Yuan SYS Chungking Hwa Nan print, tied by bilingual ‘TAISHAN’ cds, fine. Photo HK$ 500 - 600

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1321 1949 (21 May) A Gold Yuan and Silver Yuan mixed franking air mail cover to Havana, Cuba. Bearing Shanghai Dah Tung print air mail $27, Mobile Post $500, Gold Yuan Shanghai Dah Yeh surcharged 8 different values and Silver Yuan Tsingtao surcharged 1c on $100 on SYS Shanghai Dah Tung print, all tied by char. ‘SHANTUNG/TSINGTAO’ char. cds. First Day cancellation, an attractive mixed franking cover to an unusual destination with first date cancel, very fine. Photo HK$ 2,500 - 3,000 1322 1949 (26 June) A Silver Yuan cover from East Szechwan registered to Kunming, on front with hand stamped char. Registration box in blue char. ‘KWAICHOW/BATZIT/1.7.49’ ( 畢節 ) arrival cds, on reverse bearing SYS Chungking Hwa Nan print 4c, with Bandit overprinted in blue char. it might be ‘East Szechwan’ ( 東川 ) tied by char. ‘EAST SZECHWAN/ZEOIWING’ ( 顈永 ) cds, and slogan machine roller transit, Bandit stamp on Silver Yuan is unusual, fine. Photo HK$ 2,000 - 3,000 1323 1949 (26 Sept.) A cover from Jenshow reg. to Chengtu, on reverse bearing West Szechwan Silver Yuan Domestic Ordinary Unit surcharged on SYS Shanghai Dah Tung 2nd print, $3,000 blue block of 7, tied by character ‘WEST SZECHWAN/JENSHOW’ cds, with character ‘WEST SZECHWAN/CHENGTU/30.9.49’ arrival cancel on front. With Experts & Consultants cert. 2005. very fine. Photo HK$ 4,500 - 5,000

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