The 2025 Summer Auction - Sale 345 (June 21 - June 25, 2025)
Sale 345
- (-) Remove 1912-1949 ROC filter 1912-1949 ROC
- Mr. Patrick Choy’s Collection of Silver Yuan Issues (62) Apply Mr. Patrick Choy’s Collection of Silver Yuan Issues filter
- The General Sale (195) Apply The General Sale filter
- The People’s Republic of China & Liberated Areas Stamps and Postal History (1) Apply The People’s Republic of China & Liberated Areas Stamps and Postal History filter
franked on reverse Silver Yuan ovpt. Penghsien stamps x 4, totally 34c Silver Yuan, tied by Penghsien cds., on front with Chungking arrival cds.
franked on reverse SYS Silver Yuan hand-stamped "Foochow" 4c x 2, totally 8c Silver Yuan, matching double rate ordinary mail postage, tied by Foochow cds., along with Taipei arrival cds. Covers f.w. SYS Silver Yuan ovpt. Foochow, rare.
franked on reverse Silver Yuan ovpt. Shuangchiang Chen stamps x 4, totally 28c Silver Yuan, matching domestic double registered postage, tied by East Szechuan Tungnan Shuangchiang Chen cds., on front with Chungking arrival cds. Silver Yuan ovpt. Shuangchiang Chen, rare. Especially this is the second earliest overprinted and actually mailed cover among all local overprints in Szechuan.
franked on reverse SYS Silver Yuan ovpt. Tungliang 4c x 4, totally 16c Silver Yuan, tied by Tungliang cds, on front with Chungking arrival cds.
franked on reverse SYS Silver Yuan ovpt. Fuling 16c, matching domestic registered postage, tied by Fuling cds., on front with Szechuan Chengtu arrival cds.
f.w. Silver Yuan ovpt. Nanhsi stamps x 3, totally 28c Silver Yuan, matching domestic double registered postage, tied by Nanhsi cds., along with Chungking arrival cds.
franked on reverse Hwanan Print SYS Silver Yuan ovpt. Changshou 4c x 7, totally 28c Silver Yuan, tied by East Szechuan Changshou cds., on front with Chungking arrival cds.
f.w. SYS Silver Yuan stamps ovpt. Peipei Chang stamps x 4, tied by East Szechuan with Fair Field, U.S.A. arrival cds. The Peipei Chang overprint is rare, and the 25-cent rate for domestic airmail combined with international surface mail is exceptionally scarce.
f.w. SYS Silver Yuan ovpt. Ilung stamps x 2 and SYS Silver Yuan x 2, totally 28c Silver Yuan, matching domestic registered postage, tied by East Szechuan Ilung cds. The cover arrived in Chungking on (Aug 6), but was redirected to Canton on (Aug 8) due to a misunderstanding by the post office, which believed the Supreme Court had relocated to Canton. After reaching Canton, the letter was returned to Chungking on (Sep 20) and forwarded to Shapingpa on (Sep 22). This cover illustrates the postal confusion caused by the ongoing relocation of Nationalist government institutions during the final phase of the Chinese Civil War.
franked on reverse SYS Silver Yuan ovpt. Nanchuan 4c x 7, totally 28c Silver Yuan, tied by Nanchuan cds., on front with Chungking arrival cds.
f.w. SYS Silver Yuan 4c x 1, tied by Canton cds. 1949 (Aug 1) was the first day of a postage rate increase (from 4¢ to 5¢), but this cover was still accepted and dispatched by the post office despite the insufficient franking.
f.w. Silver Yuan ovpt. Neichiang stamps x 2 and SYS Silver Yuan x 1, tied by Neichinag cds., along with Chengtu arrival cds.