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3021 宜昌沿用 Post-Liberation Continued Use of Silver Yuan Stamps in Ichang ​

A cover mailed from Ichang on August 17, 1949. It was franked with three 1 fen and one 4 fen Dr. SYS Chungking Hwa Nan Print basic currency stamps, 7 fen postage in total. Ordinary postage (which was KMT Controlled Area postage, adopted by the Military Control Commission at that time) was 5 fen, thus there is 2 fen excess postage. It arrived in Shanghai on 4th September. Ichang was liberated on 18th July 1949. This cover implied that even one month after Liberation, Silver Yuan postage was still adopted in the area.​ 所示的實寄封是1949年8月17日由宜昌寄上海，貼重慶華南版孫中山像基數郵票1分3枚、4分1枚，合共7分郵資，其時軍 管會採用國統區銀元郵資, 所以郵資應為 平信5分，另溢貼2分資費，該信9月4日到達目地上海。1949年7月18日，宜昌解 放, 這信封暗示, 宜昌在解放後一個月, 仍然採用銀元郵資。​ HK$ 11,000 - 13,000

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