Lot# 9036

franked with seven revenue stamps surcharged for use as basic postage and four Fukien overprinted basic stamps, eleven in total, paying 635 fen, all tied by Amoy cds. This cover correctly pays the special wartime foreign airmail rate imposed in the Amoy postal district: foreign surface letter rate of 15 fen for the first 20g plus 10 fen for each additional 20g, totaling 60 fen, together with an airmail fee of 40 fen per 10g totaling 560 fen, making 635 fen in all. Owing to wartime conditions and limited air transport capacity, the Amoy post office increased and adjusted airmail charges, including an additional 60 fen foreign base rate not consistent with nationwide tariffs, representing a local provisional rate. Addressed to an official institution in the Netherlands East Indies and weighing 140 grams, this is a heavy-weight airmail usage, clearly illustrating the special operation of outbound airmail services and local rate practices in wartime Fukien in 1949, of significant postal history and exhibition value.