The 2024 Winter Auction - Sale 344 (December 14 - December 17, 2024)
Sale 344
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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.
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.