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1949 (21 May) First day cover, franked on front with Tsingtao surcharge Silver Yuan in violet blue 10c (type B) on $100 yellow brown, cancelled (not tied) by Tsingtao cds dated 21 May 1949, unaddressed and fne. Photo

HK$ 1,200 - 1,500 1320

1949 (8 Jun.) Airmail cover to USA, franked on reverse with surcharge on Pagoda revenue stamps,"Temporarily For" $200,000 on $1,000 yellow green, large block of 20, paying total $4,000,000, tied by KIUKIANG bilingual cds dated 8 Jun. 1949, scarce postal usage of surcharge on revenue stamps in high value and large multiple, fne. Photo

HK$ 30,000 - 35,000 1321

1949 (10 June) cover to Kweiyang, f.w. on front Shanghai Dah Tung Silver Yuan Unit stamp, Railway (Ordinary) orange, tied by Kweichow Pingyueh cds, and repeated alongside, backstamped Kweiyang 12.6.49 arrival cds, torn at lower right corner and light age toning. Photo

HK$ 700 - 800 1322

1949 (7 July) airmail cover from Canton to USA, f.w. on reverse Cheng Chung Book Co. Silver Yuan Surch. on revenue stamps 1c on $5,000 and 4c on $3,000, and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Chungking Hwa Nan print 10c and 20c x 2, all tied by Canton 7.7.49 cds's, light age toning. Photo

HK$ 1,000 - 1,200 1323

1949 (17 July) Airmail cover to Peking, franked on reverse with Fukien machine surchage Silver Yuan on Dr. Sun Yat-Sen 4c on $100 x 2, 10c on $6,000 x 2 & Silver Yuan Hwa Nan print 1c, all tied by AMOY cds dated 17.7.49, transit via Shanghai with slogan duplex dated 20 9 49 on front, rough opening at left but not affecting stamp, light toning. Photo

HK$ 800 - 1,000 1324

1949 (13 Aug.) airmail cover from Hankiang to Taiwan, f.w. on reverse Silver Yuan Surch. on revenue stamps 4c on $3,000 orange, vertical pair and vertical strip of 6, tied by Hankiang 13.6.49 cds's, and an illegible cds, worn at corners. Photo

HK$ 1,000 - 1,200

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A small selection of ROC postal history to China local. Each cover with SYS, Junk stamps and surcharged stamps, with registration cover also. Photo

HK$ 800 - 1,000 1327

Collection of 28 covers, 5 cover fronts and 1 piece, including registered, airmail, censored, mainly foreign to Germany, France, USA, Austria, England, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, few domestic, franked with various issues with Hall of Classics, Dr. SYS, Martyrs, CNC Surch. few commemoratives, and Manchukuo stamps, at different postal rates, good for postal historians, a couple with stamps missing, condition mixed. Photo

HK$ 2,500 - 2,800 1328

Group of 20 First Flight covers, including 1929 (6 July) Shanghai-Nanking First Flight cover, 1931 (25 Apr.) First Flight Asia-Europe Air-Mail Service envelope to Germany, without special commemorative cachet; 1933 (24 Oct.) Shanghai-Canton First Flight cover; 1937 (26 April) China-USA First Flight x 12 covers; 1937 (29 June) First Flight by Eurasia Peiping-Hongkong-Peiping cover; 1947 (7 June) CHINA-USA FIRST DIRECT FLIGHT covers x 2 (one with cachet in violet and one in red);1947 (6 Oct.) SHANGHAI CHINA-USA DIRECT AIR MAIL FIRST FLIGHT (C.N.A.C.) covers x 2, all good to fne. Photo

HK$ 7,000 - 8,000 1329

Group of 23 covers, sent to Austria, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, USA, and domestic, some by airmail and registered, one censored, franked with various issues and surcharges at different postal rates, bearing a variety of postmarks, plus one Postal Administration of China Customs Declaration, bearing Shanghai 1.4.42 cds, good to fne, viewing recommended. Photo

HK$ 7,000 - 8,000