The 2024 Winter Auction - Sale 344 (December 14 - December 17, 2024)
Sale 344
December 14 - December 17 2024, Hong Kong
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- 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
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Starting Price: 6,000 HK$
f.w. Domestic Ordinary Unit Stamp x 1, matching the domestic ordinary postage, tied by Foochow cds., with Shanghai arrival cds. on reverse. Foochow area's Gold/Silver Yuan exchange rate and airmail rate were quite different from other areas. To prevent arbitraging, in July, machine and handstamped overprint "Foochow" stamps were issued. Only two machine overprints "Foochow" Silver Yuan postage in liberated area covers recorded.
Starting Price: 600 HK$
tied by Chang Yang cds. Chang Yang was liberated on July 23. Rare to see stamps ovpt. with Hupei Post Office name and the piece is even rarer.
Starting Price: 5,000 HK$
mailed on 18th October 1949 from Canton (49.10.14) via Tsungkow (49.08.16) on 11th November, arrived in Swatow (49.10.24) on 15th November; affixed one Hwa Nan SYS 1 fen and one 10 fen; total value 11fen was not adequate to pay for the 15 fen domestic airmail rate. However, Canton was already liberated at that time and airmail service was no longer available. This letter was handled by express (postage 10 fen). At the time war was still raging along Kwangtung coastal area. This letter had to be routed through Tsungkow to reach Swatow.
Starting Price: 8,000 HK$
franked on reverse Huanan SYS x 3 and Domestic Ordinary Unit Stamp x 1, total value 55c Silver Yuan, matching the international airmail postage, tied by Canton cds., on front with censorship marking upon arrival. Canton was liberated on Oct 14. This is a post-liberation usage example of Silver Yuan.
Starting Price: 1,400 HK$
f.w. Kwangtung Silver Yuan in blocks of 4 x 4, tied by Canton cds. Kwangtung was liberated on Oct 14. This is a post-liberation usage example of Silver Yuan stamps.
Starting Price: 5,000 HK$
f.w. East Szechwan 5c, tied by Kowkong cds., on reverse with Macau arrival cds. Kowkong was liberated on Oct 14. This is a post-liberation usage example of Silver Yuan in Kwangtung.
Starting Price: 5,000 HK$
franked on reverse Kwangtung Silver Yuan 1c x 5, Revenue surch. 10c x 5, total 55c, matching International airmail postage, tied by Kwangtung Kai Ping Tan Pien Yuan cds., along with Canton transit cds., on front with Canada arrival cds. Kai Ping was liberated on Oct 22. This is a post-liberation usage example of Silver Yuan. Cover trimmed at left and affecting two stamps, but still very rare.
Starting Price: 4,400 HK$
f.w. Domestic Ordinary Unit stamp x 1, tied by Canton cds. Canton was liberated on Oct 14 but some post offices still selling Unit stamps as 5 Silver Yuan or 100 RMB, matching the domestic ordinary postage or to Macau/ Hong Kong postage. This is a post-liberation usage example of Silver Yuan.
Starting Price: 3,000 HK$
franked on reverse Domestic Ordinary Unit Stamp x 1, matching domestic ordinary postage, tied by Swatow cds. Swatow was liberated on Oct 24. During the early days after Swatow's liberation, post offices still sold DGP-issued unit, basic currency and Silver Yuan stamps. It was legitimate to use Silver Yuan stamps prior to November 1. Post Liberation Silver Yuan Overseas Chinese Letter Agency mail, rare.
Starting Price: 5,000 HK$
f.w. Huanan SYS 10c which is the double postage (40g), tied by Canton cds., with Macau arrival cds. on reverse, with letter inside. Canton was liberated on Oct 14. This is a post-liberation usage example of Silver Yuan.
Starting Price: 6,000 HK$
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.
Starting Price: 7,500 HK$
this Chungking local cover was sent on 1949 (Nov 29), stranded in the post office during the day of liberation: the (Dec 1) post mark indicates that it was handled on the day after liberation and was eventually delivered to Shapingpa (Dec 2). The cover witnessed the last Day of Nationalist rule in Chungking.