Lot# 9020

1949 (Oct 27) Fukien Shanghang via Lungyen to Shanghai Silver Yuan cover, f.w. Revenue surch. 4c & Kwangtung 1c Silver Yuan, total value 5c Silver Yuan, matching the domestic ordinary postage, tied by Fukien Shanghang cds., with Fukien Lungyen transit and Shanghai arrival cds. on reverse. Shanghang was liberated on Sep 10. This is a post-liberation usage example of Silver Yuan. Though Canton had been the Kuomintang capital during late April to mid October 1949, its General Post Office did not provide other postal districts with Kwangtung Silver Yuan stamps. Their cross-district and post liberation usage are therefore rare and to date only four are recorded; all in Fukien.