Lot# 9063

bearing a single 75 fen postage meter label produced by the “Chu (II)” franking machine, tied by KWEIYANG 49.7.15 cds, dispatched via Canton with transit on Jul 25, 1949 and arriving Portland on Jul 29, 1949. The franking correctly pays the contemporary foreign registered airmail rate of 75 fen (applicable Jul 5 to Nov 14, 1949). The meter label was printed by the British-made “Chu 2” franking machine, representing an early Silver Yuan period usage. This is an outbound international registered airmail cover from inland Kweiyang to USA, showing a complete postal route with clear transit and arrival markings, and illustrating the typical routing via Canton. According to recorded data, such “Chu (II)” franking machine covers are of extreme rarity, with only three examples known. A highly important postal history item for the study of postage meter operations, routing, and international postal practice in the early Silver Yuan period, with significant exhibition value.