The 2022 Winter Auction - Sale 339
17 – 20 December 2022
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Displaying 157 - 168 of 504
Starting Price: 6,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 6,000 HK$
f.w. SYS surch $20000 and Gold Yuan 50c (canceled by pen) on front, and Domestic Ordinary Mail Unit Stamp on reverse, tied by Canton bilingual cds. On reverse along with Shanghai arrival mark. Between 15 and 31 Oct 1949, a few POs in Canton sold domestic ordinary mail unit stamp at the price of silver yuan 5c or RMB $100 which was exactly the same rate for domestic surface mail. Ex Mr. Patrick Choy's Collection.
Starting Price: 5,000 HK$
Unsold
f.w. Domestic Ordinary Mail Unit Silver Yuan Stamp on reverse, tied by Canton (liberated on Oct 14) bilingual cds. Between 15 and 31 Oct 1949, a few PO in Canton sold domestic ordinary mail unit stamp at the price of silver yuan 5c or RMB $100 which is exactly the same rate to Hong Kong. Ex Mr. Patrick Choy's Collection.
Starting Price: 3,000 HK$
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f.w. domestic ordinary mail unit stamp on reverse, tied by Swatwo bilingual cds. On front with vertical datestamp. Swatow was liberated on 24 Oct 1949. Stamps of ROC post were still available after the early period of liberation. Rare post liberated oversea Chinese remittance cover. Ex Mr. Patrick Choy's Collection.
Starting Price: 6,000 HK$
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f.w. Hwa Nan Print SYS Silver Yuan 10c, tied by Canton bilingual cds. On reverse with Macau arrival cds. Canton was liberated on 14 Oct 1949, the silver yuan stamps still used at that time. Ex Mr. Patrick Choy's Collection.
Starting Price: 8,000 HK$
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f.w. Revenue issue surch 4c and SYS Kwangtung surch Silver Yuan 1c on $100, tied by Fukien Shanghang cds. On reverse with Lungyan transit and Shanghai arrival mark. Kwangtung GPO did not provide Kwangtung SYS Silver Yuan issue to other provinces. Cross-district and post liberation usage are therefore rare. Only 4 examples are recorded, all in Fukien. Ex Mr. Patrick Choy's Collection.
Starting Price: 9,000 HK$
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f.w. SYS East Szechuan surch Silver Yuan 5c, Hwa Nan Print SYS Silver Yuan 10c and 20c x 2, tied by Canton bilingual cds. Rare usage of East Szechuan Silver Yuan postage outside Szechuan, especially after liberation. Ex Mr. Patrick Choy's Collection.
Starting Price: 800 HK$
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f.w. SYS Kwangtung surch Gold Yuan 1c, 2-1/2c x 2 and 15c, all in block of 4, in total rate of 84c, tied by Canton bilingual cds. The cover was paying 80g double-registered airmail rate to Hong Kong. These are the only silver yuan stamps issued within Liberated Area. Only a few philatelic covers exist.
Starting Price: 900 HK$
Hammer Price: 900 HK$
f.w. Domestic Ordinary Mail Unit Stamp x 7 on reverse, matching the double registered mail rate, tied by rare West Szechuan Maokiachang (Agency) cds. On front with Tatsu, Chungking transit and Shapingpa arrival cds.
Starting Price: 12,000 HK$
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f.w. Hwa Nan Print SYS Silver Yuan 1c and 4c, tied by Hupeh Patung (liberated on 4th Nov) cds. A rare post-liberation usage example of Silver Yuan in Patung. Ex Mr. Patrick Choy's Collection.
Starting Price: 8,000 HK$
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f.w. Peiping Summer Palace Silver Yuan issue 15c and 40c, tied by Swatow bilingual cds. Swatow was liberated on 24 Oct 1949, airmail f.w. silver yuan postage was sill able to be delivered via Hong Kong at that time. Ex Mr. Patrick Choy's Collection.
Starting Price: 1,200 HK$
Unsold
f.w. Hwa Nan Print SYS Silver Yuan 10c in pair on front, SYS 10c and surch East Szechuan 5c on reverse, tied by East Szechuan Taianchen. On front also bearing Tungnan transit and Chungking arrival. This cover was paying double-registered rate.
Starting Price: 8,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 8,000 HK$
f.w. domestic ordinary mail unit stamp, tied by Tsungkow bilingual cds., along with Lungki and Swatow (meter stamp) transit. On reverse with Chaoan transit. By that time Tsungkow was liberated for 3 months but silver yuan postage was still accpted. On the other hand, Chaoan was controlled by KMT. An example of delivery traversing communist and KMT area. Ex Mr. Patrick Choy's Collection.