Lot# 9077

franked with two “Sui (III)” postage meter labels of 40 fen and 15 fen, tied by Chikhom cds, paying the correct foreign airmail rate of 55 fen. Of particular interest is the mixed usage of two different paper types for the meter labels: one printed on plain paper without the “中華郵政” background imprint, and the other on paper bearing the imprint, forming a rare combination that reflects the unstable supply conditions and flexible postal practices of the period. Ａccording to records, only three such covers with mixed paper types are known. The present example, clearly struck and correctly rated, illustrates the transition in postage meter paper during the Silver Yuan period and provides important evidence for the study of postal supply systems and meter usage in post-war South China, of considerable postal history and exhibition significance.