The 2024 Summer Auction - Sale 343 - The General Sale

1949 (May 2) Shanghai to Hong Kong airmail cover,franked on reverse SYS Golden Yuan Stamps x 12, total value $1,200,000 Golden Yuan, tied by Shanghai cds. The exchange rate of Golden and Silver Yuan is around 1f: GY$40,000 then. $1,200,000 Golden Yuan equals to 30f Silver Yuan, matching the Hong Kong Air-Registered postage rate.

1949年5月2日銀圓郵資時期貼金圓票上海寄香港航空封， 背貼孫像金圓票12枚，合$120萬金圓，銷上海日戳。是時金銀圓兌換率約為$40,000金圓兌1分銀圓，折合30分銀圓，符合當時寄香港航空掛號郵資。