The 2024 Winter Auction - Sale 344 (December 14 - December 17, 2024)
Sale 344
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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
- 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
franked on reverse SYS GY stamps x 15, total GY$750, tied by Kwangtung Wushihsu cds. It can prove that during the Silver Yuan postage period, Kwangtung is flexible in using Gold Yuan stamps.
franked on reverse SYS Golden Yuan Stamps x 7, total value $520,000 Golden Yuan, tied by Canton cds. The exchange rate of Golden and Silver Yuan is around 1f: GY$13,000 then. $520,000 Golden Yuan equals to 40f Silver Yuan, matching the international airmail postage.
franked on reverse SYS Golden Yuan Stamp x 7, total value $32,000 Golden Yuan, the exchange rate of Golden and Silver Yuan is around 1f: GY$8,000 then. $32,000 Golden Yuan equals to 4f Silver Yuan, matching Hong Kong ordinary rate, tied by Canton cds.
franked on reverse SYS surch. Golden Yuan Stamps x 16, total value $1,600,000 Golden Yuan, tied by Shanghai cds. The exchange rate of Golden and Silver Yuan is around 1f: GY$40,000 then. $1,600,000 Golden Yuan equals to 4f Silver Yuan, matching international airmail postage rate.
franked on both sides Golden Yuan Stamps x 23, total value $252,000 Golden Yuan, tied by Kunming cds. The exchange rate of Golden and Silver Yuan is around 1f: GY$25,200 then. $252,000 Golden Yuan equals to 10f Silver Yuan, matching the international ordinary postage.
f.w. SYS Golden Yuan Stamps x 4, total value $40,000 Golden Yuan, tied by Sung Kou cds. The exchange rate of Golden and Silver Yuan is around 1f: GY$4,000 then. $40,000 Golden Yuan equals to 10f Silver Yuan, matching the international ordinary rate. However, the postage was not acceptable in Japan and was marked as postage due. The recipient refused to pay the postage due, thus the cover was returned to the sender.
f.w. SYS Golden Yuan Stamps x 15, total rate $1,280,000 Golden Yuan. The exchange rate of Golden and Silver Yuan is around 1f: $64,000 then. $1,280,000 Golden Yuan equals to 20c Silver Yuan, matching domestic registered express postage, tied by Shanghai cds.
franked Domestic Ordinary Mail Unit Stamp x 1 on front, used to pay for the domestic ordinary postage. Golden Yuan Stamp x 2 valued $6,000 Golden Yuan. The exchange rate of Golden and Silver Yuan is around 1f: GY$150,000 then. The stamps on the cover was not enough to pay for registered postage, 12f Silver Yuan which might have some stamps off, still a rare mixed franking cover with Golden and Silver Yuan Stamps.
franked on both sides Golden Yuan $1,400,000, the exchange rate of Golden and Silver Yuan is around 1f: GY$87,500 then. GY$1,400,000 equals to 16f Silver Yuan, matching the domestic registered rate, tied by East Szechuan Lung Shui Chen cds., along with Jung Chang transit and Chungking arrival cds.
franked on both sides SYS Golden Yuan Stamps x 23 ($411,000 Golden Yuan) and Silver Yuan x 14 (42c Silver Yuan), tied by Swatow cds. The exchange rate of Golden and Silver Yuan is around 1f: GY$137,000 then. $411,000 Golden Yuan equals to 3c Silver Yuan. Total value 45c Silver Yuan, matching the international double registered postage rate. Very rare combination cover.