Lot# 9099

this cover is franked with five stamps, totaling 17,200 yuan (Old RMB), comprising 2,500 yuan for international surface postage, 10,500 yuan for the airmail surcharge, and 4,200 yuan for registration fee, all correctly paid. Postmarked Tientsin 51.6.28, the cover was forwarded via Canton on July 4 and then carried from Hong Kong by Pan American Airways (PAA) to the U.S., with transit and arrival markings of Canton and New York. This cover vividly illustrates the operational structure and standardized rate system of transpacific airmail in the early 1950s, and serves as evidence of the People’s Post’s rapid restoration of international communication and the rebuilding of its airmail network after the founding of the PRC. A significant postal history artifact for the study of early PRC overseas mail routes and Sino-American postal exchanges, with outstanding academic and exhibition value.