The 2024 Winter Auction - Sale 344 (December 14 - December 17, 2024)
Sale 344
- (-) Remove 1912-1949 ROC filter 1912-1949 ROC
- Mr. Patrick Choy’s Collection of Silver Yuan Stamps and Postal History (194) Apply Mr. Patrick Choy’s Collection of Silver Yuan Stamps and Postal History filter
- PRC & Liberated Areas Stamps and Postal History (1) Apply PRC & Liberated Areas Stamps and Postal History filter
- The General Sale (170) Apply The General Sale filter
MH. VF-F.
tied by Hong Kong Wan Tsai branch post office cds., along with Steamer Postmark in red, Canton transit and Honan arrival cds. VF-F.
With the fall of Wuhan on 16th May 1949, the Military Control Commission took control of all the post offices in the area. On May 23, the Wuhan Military Control Command announced the invalidation of Gold Yuan. However, before the arrival of the Liberation stamps, Silver Yuan postage continued to apply.
Kaoshanshi was liberated on 1949 Aug. This is a post-liberation usage example of Silver Yuan stamps. This biesected stamp is the other half of the bisected stamp franked on the cover auctioned by Zurich Asia in 2019 as part of Patrick Choy's Collecion, Lot 3035. The only one known.
franked on reverse Chungking Huanan Print SYS Basic Stamp 1c x 3, 4c x 1, total value 7c Silver Yuan, matching the domestic ordinary 5c postage, the 2c was over-franked, tied by Hupei Ichang cds., along with Shanghai arrival cds. Ichang was liberated on Jul 18. This is a post-liberation usage example of Basic Stamps.
used with Hupei I Tu cds. I Tu was liberated on July 15. Rare to see stamps ovpt. with Hupei Post Office name and the piece is even rarer.