Lot# 9103

the design features a civil aircraft flying across national borders, with domestic air routes connecting major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Canton, Kunming, and Sian, as well as an international postal route extending to Moscow. The lower section lists the official airmail surcharge rates of the time: 800 yuan per 10g for domestic mail, 3,200 yuan for Asian countries, 4,800 yuan for the Soviet Union and Southeast European People’s Democracies, 4,800 yuan for mail to Europe via Czechoslovakia, and 8,000 yuan for mail to Europe via Hong Kong or to other continents. This leaflet provides a comprehensive reflection of the mid-1950s Chinese airmail system and its international zone-based rate structure, serving both as a propaganda and educational publication and an important and valuable document in the study of early PRC airmail postal history.