Lot# 9001

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

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Lot# 9001
Starting Price: 2,400 HK$
Hankow Gold Yuan 500000 vertical strip of three, canceled by Wuchang 1949 (May 16) cds., the only recorded philatelic item on date of liberation of Wuhan.

With the fall of Wuhan on 16th May 1949, the Military Control Commission took control of all the post offices in the area. On May 23, the Wuhan Military Control Command announced the invalidation of Gold Yuan. However, before the arrival of the Liberation stamps, Silver Yuan postage continued to apply.

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