The 2024 Summer Auction - Sale 343 - The General Sale

1949 (May 5) Shanghai to America airmail cover,franked on reverse SYS surch. Golden Yuan Stamps x 16, total value $1,600,000 Golden Yuan, tied by Shanghai cds. The exchange rate of Golden and Silver Yuan is around 1f: GY$40,000 then. $1,600,000 Golden Yuan equals to 4f Silver Yuan, matching international airmail postage rate.

1949年5月5日銀圓郵資時期貼金圓票上海寄美國航空封， 背貼孫像加蓋金圓票16枚，合$160萬金圓，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40分銀圓，符合當時國際航空郵資。