The 2024 Winter Auction - Sale 344 - Day 3

1950 (Dec 20) Amoy to Hangchow Silver Yuan cover,franked on reverse Silver Yuan x 2, total value 5c Silver Yuan, matching the domestic ordinary postage, tied by Amoy cds., along with Chekiang Hangchou arrival cds. Amoy was liberated on 1949 (Oct 17). This is a post-liberation usage example of Silver Yuan. However, it arrived Hangchou on 1950 (Jan 6) which is the 8 months after the liberation of Hangchou (1949 May 3), the cover was marked T indicating postage due.

1949年12月20日廈門寄杭州銀圓封，背面貼銀圓票2枚，合5分銀圓，符合當時國內平信郵資，銷廈門日戳，旁蓋浙江杭州到達戳。廈門於1949年10月17日已解放，此乃解放後沿用的例子。但1950年1月6日抵達杭州時，距離杭州解放(1949年5月3日）已逾八個多月，因此蓋上「T」欠資郵戳。