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1188 1949 (11 Oct.) A Silver Yuan cover to Hong Kong, bearing Unit stamp Ordinary Mail, tied by bilingual ‘CANTON S.O.No.9’ cds. Canton province was liberated on 14th Oct. 1949, late usage. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000 1189 1949 (16 Sept.) An air mail cover from Canton to Seattle, USA. On reverse bearing SYS Chungking Hwa Nan print 1c, 4c and Union Press surcharged 50c on $50 on revenue stamps, tied by char. ‘CANTON/BAIHEXU’ ‘ 百合墟 ’ cds. The rate was 15c for surface mail and 40c for air mail at that time. Photo HK$ 2,000 - 2,500

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1190 1949 (17 May) A Silver Yuan air mail cover from Tsingtao to Havana, Cuba. Bearing various Silver Yuan stamps, including Tsingtao surcharged 1c on $100 on SYS Shanghai Dah Tung print (Chan S199) tied by bilingual ‘TSINGTAO’ first day cancel, unusual destination, fine. Photo HK$ 1,000 - 1,200 1191 1949 (17 May) Two Silver Yuan fragments showing 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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1192 1949 (18 Sept.) A Silver Yuan cover from Kunming registered to Yunnan Governor, bearing Yunnan half value Silver Yuan surcharged 12c in $50 slate green on SYS Shanghai Dah Tung print, tied by neat bilingual ‘YUNNAN/YILIAN’ ‘ 宜良 ’ cds, alongside handstamped char. registered frame box in violet. Photo HK$ 1,500 - 2,000 1193 1949 (2 June) An air mail cover from Chengtu to York, England. Bearing Silver Yuan surcharged by Cheng Chung Book Company 10c on $1,000 block of 4 on revenue stamps, tied by bilingual ‘CHENGTU’ cds. The rate was 10c for surface mail and 30c for air mail at that time. An early usage of the surcharged stamps. fine. Photo HK$ 1,600 - 2,000

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