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864 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 $50, tied by bilingual ‘CANTON’ cds, ‘GENEVE/4.7.49’ arrival cds in 2 different types. fine. Photo HK$ 1,600 - 2,000 865 1949 (24 June) A printed Anglo-Chinese College Silver Yuan cover to Oklahoma, USA. Bearing Silver Yuan Cheng Chung Book Co., surcharged 10c on $1,000 on Revenue stamp, tied by very neat bilingual ‘FOOCHOW (8)’ cds, Photo HK$ 2,000 - 2,500 866 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, $3,000 blue block of 7, tied by character ‘WEST SZECHWAN/JENSHOW’ cds, with character ‘WEST SZECHWAN/CHENGTU/30.9.49’ arrival cancel on front. With Experts & Consultants cert. 2005. very fine. Photo HK$ 2,400 - 2,800

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867 1949 (27 June) A cover from Canton to Finland, on front and reverse both bearing Mater stamp 20c (穗三) tied by bilingual ‘CANTON’ cds, the 40c was the international airmail postage at the time. Photo HK$ 3,500 - 4,000

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