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
franked on reverse SYS Golden Yuan $200,000 x 35 = $700,0000 Golden Yuan. According to the Golden and Silver Yuan exchange rate announced on June 5, 1949, Silver Yuan 1f: Gold Yuan $250,000, $700,000 Golden Yuan is equal to 28f Silver Yuan, matching domestic double registered postage. stamps tied by East Szechuan Shih Chiao Hsiang cds., along with Chungking arrival cds. A few stamps faulty but still rare.
with Golden Yuan Stamp x 7 on both sides, total value $320,000 Golden Yuan. The exchange rate of Golden and Silver Yuan is around 1f: GY$80,000 then. $320,000 Golden Yuan equals to 4f Silver Yuan, matching the domestic ordinary rate,tied by East Szechuan You Yang cds., with Chungking arrival cds.
f.w. Domestic Ordinary and Registered Mail Unit Stamp, total value 16c Silver Yuan, matching the domestic ordinary registered postage, tied by West Szchuan Wei Yuan cds.
f.w. Silver Yuan x 3, total value 70c, matching the international double air registered rate, tied by Canton cds.
franked on reverse Silver Yuan x 4, total value 28c, matching domestic double registered rate, tied by Lu Hsien cds., on front with Chungking arrival marking. Stamps with small faults. F-VF.
franked on reverse Hunan Silver Yuan 1c in block of 4, tied by Nanhu Liling cds., along with Taiwan Taipei arrival cds. VF-F.
f.w. Kuangtung Domestic Odinary Mail Unit Stamp x 1, equal to 4c Silver Yuan surface mail postage, tied Kuangtung Kaiping postal agency cds. July 31 is the last day of using Golden Yuan Postage and 4c Silver Yuan rate. Unusal.