Lot# 9075

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.