The 2024 Winter Auction - Sale 344 - Day 3

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.

漢口金元50萬元票直三連，銷武昌1949年5月16日戳，是記錄上唯一武漢解放當日之郵品。武漢於1949年5月16日解放，軍管會在5月23日宣佈停用金元，但在解放票還未到達時仍然採用銀元郵資。