Lot# 9006

the cover indicating enclosure of 136 receipt envelopes for delivery to individual addressees. Postage totaling $6.80 Silver Yuan (comprising $6 by postage meter impression and eight 10 fen stamps) correctly pays the 5 fen Hong Kong domestic rate per item, amounting to 136 items in total, all fully prepaid, tied by Swatow cds “49.8.1” and sent to Hong Kong. This item is correctly rated for the 5 fen domestic letter rate to Hong Kong in effect from Aug 1 to Oct 24,1949, representing a commercial usage under the early Silver Yuan postal system in South China. The Chiao Pi cover, combining bulk dispatch handling with Silver Yuan rate calculation, illustrates the integration of post-war remittance correspondence networks with the postal system, a representative example from the transitional Silver Yuan period, of significant postal history and exhibition importance.