The 2024 Winter Auction - Sale 344 - Day 3

1949 (Oct 18) Canton to Swatow Silver Yuan cover,mailed on 18th October 1949 from Canton (49.10.14) via Tsungkow (49.08.16) on 11th November, arrived in Swatow (49.10.24) on 15th November; affixed one Hwa Nan SYS 1 fen and one 10 fen; total value 11fen was not adequate to pay for the 15 fen domestic airmail rate. However, Canton was already liberated at that time and airmail service was no longer available. This letter was handled by express (postage 10 fen). At the time war was still raging along Kwangtung coastal area. This letter had to be routed through Tsungkow to reach Swatow.

廣州寄汕頭銀圓封。1949年8至10月由激烈的內戰阻塞了部分郵路，鬆口由於它地處韓江上游（汕頭在韓江下游）及解放日期早（1949.8.16）成為轉運中心。此封1949年10日18日由廣州（49.10.14）寄，11月11日經鬆口（49.08.10），11月15日抵達汕頭（49.11.15），上貼華南版孫像4分及10分各1枚並不足以支付國內空郵資15分，況且當時廣州己無空郵服務，此信只可以速遞處理（郵資10分），其時這三個城市都已解放，但廣東省沿岸依然戰亂，廣州往汕頭郵路須經鬆口。