Lot# 9032

franked with five Kwangsi Silver Yuan surcharged stamps, totaling 17 fen, tied by Kweilin cds, and arriving Canton on May 30, 1949. This cover correctly pays the special Kwangsi Postal District rate in effect from May to July 1949: 5 fen domestic postage, 8 fen registration fee, and 4 fen express fee, totaling 17 fen. At the time, postal rates in Kwangsi differed from the nationwide standard (contemporary rates being 4 fen domestic and 12 fen registration), reflecting the autonomy of local postal administrations during the early Silver Yuan period. A genuine example of a registered express cover under this special Kwangsi rate structure, it clearly illustrates regional postal practices and rate deviations, and is an important item for the study of local postal systems in the early Silver Yuan period, with solid exhibition and research value.