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1949 (11 May) A stampless Silver Yuan cover from Canton reg. to HK, tied by frame 'POSTAGE PAID/CANTON S1B' in black,
bilingual 'CANTON S.O.No.1' cds alongside, and 'R4' violet circle postman chop. With a worm hole on front. Fine. Photo
HK$ 800 - 1,000
1077
1949 (15 June) A large piece tied the Silver Yuan ‘LANCHOW/30c’ postage meters, with Lanchow registration label, unusual.
Photo
HK$ 800 - 1,000
1078
1949 (16 July) A Silver Yuan air mail hand made cover from Yunnan reg. to Chungking, on reverse bearing Yunnan surcharged on
SYS 12c on $50 grass green strip of 3 (Chan S147) and 30c on $20 brown purple (Chan S148), tied by char. ‘YUNNAN’ rimmed
dot cancellation, and bilingual ‘CHUNGKING/20.7.49’ arrival cds. with a complete reg. receipt attached on reverse, cover
creased as is to be expected from a hand made cover.
Provenance: Stephen Gates collection
. Photo
HK$ 2,000 - 2,400
1079
1949 (13 June) A Silver Yuan cover from Canton to HK, bearing revenue surcharged for use as Silver Yuan 4c on $3,000 orange,
tied by bilingual ‘CANTON’ cds. Fine. Photo
HK$ 600 - 700
1080
1949 (14 June) A Silver Yuan cover from Foochow to Canton, on reverse bearing opt. char. ‘FOOCHOW’ on SYS Hwa Nan print
4c grey green and 16c orange red, tied by bilingual ‘FOOCHOW’ cds, char. Index ‘7’, fine. Photo
HK$ 1,500 - 2,000
1081
1949 (13 July) A Silver Yuan cover from West Szechwan to Chungking, on reverse bearing revenue surcharged for use as Silver
Yuan, 4c on $3,000 orange, with local post office opt. char. (
樂山
) in blue green, tied by char. ‘WEST SZECHWAN/LO SHAN’ (
樂山
) cds, fine. Photo
HK$ 2,500 - 3,000
1082
1949 (18 Aug.) An express reg. cover from Hochwan to Chungking, both sides bearing revenue surcharged for use as Silver Yuan,
10c on $1,000 red, both with local post office opt. char. (
合川
) in violet, tied by bilingual ‘HOCHWAN’ (
合川
) cds, and bilingual
‘CHUNGKING’ cds. Fine. Photo
HK$ 2,500 - 3,000
1083
1949 (24 July) A fragment with Silver YuanKwangsi surcharged opt. with char. ‘Kwei’ on SYS issues, 1/2c on $500,000 in pair,
1c on $200,000, 2c on $300,000 and 5c on $20,000, tired by clear char. ‘KWANGSI KWEILIN/TSEUNG KWAN KUI’ rimmed
dot cds (
廣西桂林/將軍橋
), very fine. Photo
HK$ 1,000 - 1,200
1084
1949 (26 July) A Silver Yuan cover from West Szechwan to Chungking, on reverse bearing revenue surcharged for use as Silver
Yuan, 4c on $100 olive in pair and $10 on $50 in pair, both with local post office opt. char. (
宜賓
) in black, tied by char. ‘WEST
SZECHWAN/YI BIN’ (
宜賓
) cds, with bilingual ‘CHUNGKING/28.8.49’ arrival cds. Fine. Photo
HK$ 2,500 - 3,000
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