Lot# 9089

representing genuine usages during the nationwide 8th Postal Tariff Period (1 January 1955 - 31 August 1956): the group provides a comprehensive illustration of the operational framework of the early PRC international airmail system. The selection includes a variety of formats, airmail letters, postcards, and registered covers, addressed to destinations across Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia, routed either via Hong Kong or via Moscow. Each item is accurately franked with combinations of contemporary definitives: 13,400 yuan for a registered airmail letter to London, 10,200 yuan for mail via Moscow and Czechoslovakia, 6,100 yuan for an airmail postcard to Eastern Europe, 3,800 yuan for an airmail postcard to Singapore, and 7,000 yuan for a regular airmail cover to Northern Europe. All covers bear clear postal cancellations, registry labels, and “Par Avion” markings, effectively demonstrating the standardized differentiation of international airmail rates and routes under the 8th Postal Tariff Period. This well-preserved and cohesive group forms valuable postal evidence for studying the mid-1950s development of China’s international airmail service and postal rate reform.