The postage comprises Amoy (1) postage meter labels of 55 fen (4 units = 220 fen), surcharged revenue stamps revalued for postal use at 50 fen (9 units = 450 fen), and Hwa Nan Print Dr. SYS silver yuan stamps of 1, 4 and 10 fen (total 15 fen), making up the correct total. The franking correctly pays the contemporary foreign airmail rate: 15 fen for the first 20 grams, plus 10 fen for each additional 20 grams (7 steps = 70 fen), together with an airmail fee of 40 fen per 10 grams (150 grams = 600 fen), totalling 685 fen. Despatched during the tense military situation in Fukien in July 1949, this cover reflects a special provisional increase in foreign airmail charges imposed at Amoy to cope with limited air transport capacity. The additional 70 fen basic postage deviates from the standard rates in KMT-controlled areas, illustrating an exceptional local postal practice. According to records, this “Amoy special airmail rate” postage meter cover is unique, making it an extremely rare and important item for the study of wartime postal rate adjustments, regional emergency measures, and the practical use of postage meter systems.

Franked with a Swatow (1) postage meter label of Silver Yuan $5, additionally bearing two surcharged revenue stamps revalued at Silver Yuan $1 each and three 4 fen adhesives, making up a total postage of Silver Yuan $7.12, tied by Swatow cds. The postage correctly pays the Hong Kong rate of 4 fen per item (applicable from Apr 29 to Jul 31, 1949), with 178 items totaling 712 fen (i.e. Silver Yuan $7.12). This is a typical Chiapi Chu cover, reflecting the post-war operation of remittance agencies in South China handling large volumes of overseas correspondence and funds. The postage was calculated and paid in bulk based on the number of enclosed items, demonstrating commercial postal handling practices, and the combined use of postage meter and adhesives. The cover, clearly written and showing complete postal elements including the meter impression and date stamp, represents an important artifact for the study of Overseas Chinese remittance postal systems, post-war South China rate calculation methods, and the practical application of postage meter usage, with significant postal history and exhibition value.

bearing three stamps totaling 60 fen in Silver Yuan currency, including a Swatow (1) postage meter label of Silver Yuan 40 fen, tied by Swatow cds, transiting Canton on Jul 8, 1949, and via Sydney on Jul 11, 1949, arriving Brisbane on Jul 12, 1949. The franking correctly pays the contemporary foreign registered airmail rate (period of use Apr 29, 1949 to Jul 4, 1949), with the 40 fen meter label forming the principal portion of the postage. Such usage of a postage meter label on an outgoing foreign registered airmail cover is seldom encountered, illustrating the flexible application of meter franking in actual postal operations. The cover retains complete despatch, transit, and arrival markings, clearly documenting the route and chronology. An important item for the study of early Silver Yuan foreign airmail and registration rates, South China overseas mail routes, and the practical use of postage meter systems, of considerable postal history and exhibition value.

bearing two Silver Yuan Unit stamps and a “Sui (4)” postage meter label printed on paper without the “中華郵政” background imprint, tied by Kwangtung Wencheong cds. Under the revised printed matter rate effective from Aug 1, 1949 for 2½ fen, and as the franking machine could not produce a ½ fen denomination, the deficiency was made up using “大厘” (1/10 fen) values, illustrating an adaptive use of postage meter labels under special rate conditions. This cover represents a late usage of Silver Yuan postage meter labels on unwatermarked paper, and one of the final-stage commercial usages of the “Sui (4)” machine prior to the termination of the system. It clearly demonstrates practical postal operations under changing rate structures and technical limitations, and is of significant postal history and exhibition value for the study of late Silver Yuan period postal rates, meter technology constraints, and local postal adaptations.

franked with two “Sui (III)” postage meter labels of 40 fen and 15 fen, tied by Chikhom cds, paying the correct foreign airmail rate of 55 fen. Of particular interest is the mixed usage of two different paper types for the meter labels: one printed on plain paper without the “中華郵政” background imprint, and the other on paper bearing the imprint, forming a rare combination that reflects the unstable supply conditions and flexible postal practices of the period. Ａccording to records, only three such covers with mixed paper types are known. The present example, clearly struck and correctly rated, illustrates the transition in postage meter paper during the Silver Yuan period and provides important evidence for the study of postal supply systems and meter usage in post-war South China, of considerable postal history and exhibition significance.