1951 (Jun 23) Shanghai to Denmark registered airmail cover - correctly rated for West Europe via Hong Kong route:registered airmail cover sent from Shanghai to Copenhagen, Denmark, endorsed “via HK” at upper left, franked with four R series and one East China regional overprinted issues, paying a total of 17,200 yuan (RMB), canceled “Shanghai 51.6.23” with red registration label “R No.638”, and on reverse bearing “Canton 51.6.26” transit. The...
The 2025 December Auction - Sale 346 - The People’s Republic of China & Liberated Areas Stamps and Postal History
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1953 (Apr 23) Shanghai to Netherlands registered airmail cover - salvaged mail from the 2 May 1953 B.O.A.C. “Comet” crash near Calcutta:registered airmail cover sent from Shanghai to Rotterdam, endorsed “Via Hongkong”, franked with four R series issues, totaling 50,200 yuan (RMB), tied by “Shanghai 53.4.23” cds, bearing red registration label “No. 891”, “Canton 53.4.28” and “Hong Kong 29.AP.53” transits on reverse. The cover was routed via...
1951 (Apr 11) Peking to Moscow Aerogramme - Provisional “Post & Telecommunication” Issue, Overpaid by 100 Yuan:aerogramme sent from Peking to Moscow, franked with two R series issues, totaling 5,800 yuan (RMB), showing a 100-yuan overpayment over the required 5,700-yuan aerogramme rate, canceled by “Peking 1951.4.11” cds and “Moscow 23.4.51” arrival on reverse, showing a total transit time of 12 days, an impressively efficient airmail...
A group of eight international airmails of the 7th Postal Tariff Period of China (1 May 1953 - 31 December 1954):this collection of eight covers provides a comprehensive illustration of the postal rate structure and routing systems of international airmail during China’s 7th Postal Tariff Period, implemented from 1 May 1953, a significant stage in the postwar reorganization and standardization of the PRC postal system. During this period,...
1954 (Jan 11) Canton to London Airmail Cover - Recovered from the Philippine Air Lines Crash, forwarded in official “On Her Majesty’s Service” envelope (7th postal rate period), with original enclosed letter:this cover was sent from Canton on 11 January 1954, routed via Hong Kong (12 January) and Rome (14 January) to London, where it was delivered on 2 February 1954. The sender was the China National Import & Export Corporation, Canton...
A group of 4 airmails to Asia during China’s 7th Postal Tariff Period (1 May 1953 - 31 December 1954):this group of three covers illustrates airmail correspondence from China to Asian destinations - Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia during the 7th Postal Tariff Period, each correctly franked at 5,800 yuan. Introduced on 1 May 1953, the Asian airmail surcharge was reduced from 4,200 yuan to 3,600 yuan per 10g, combined with 2,200 yuan for the...
1953 (Sep 22) North Korea to Czechoslovakia - Korean War Armistice Commission Airmail during the 7th Postal Tariff Period (Routed via Antung and Peking):following the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement on 27 July 1953, mail from the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) delegates of socialist countries, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union, was handled and forwarded free of charge by the Chinese People’s...
1953 Airmail cover from Korean War Armistice Coordinator in Kaesong, North Korea, to Czechoslovakia - Misfranked at 6th Postal Tariff Rate during the 7th Postal Tariff Period (1 May 1953 - 31 December 1954):posted 24 October 1953 from Kaesong to Kolin, this airmail cover was franked by the sender with 16,000 yuan in four stamps, applying the 6th Postal Tariff Period rates instead of those of the current period. The mail passed through the CPV...
1953 Airmail postcard from Korean War Armistice Coordinator in Kaesong to Czechoslovakia - East Europe routing via Moscow during the 7th Postal Tariff Period (1 May 1953 - 31 December 1954):written 26 October 1953 at Kaesong, North Korea, and addressed to Vratislavice nad Nisou, this postcard was franked with three stamps, totaling 7,000 yuan (an overpayment of 300 yuan) by the sender. When the card reached the CPV Military Post Office at...
1953 (Nov 3) Panmunjom, North Korea to Poland – Korean War Armistice Commission Airmail during the 7th Postal Tariff Period (Overpaid Rate):airmail cover sent from Panmunjom, North Korea to Poznan, Poland, mailed by a Polish member of the Korean War Armistice Supervisory Commission. The cover bears inscriptions in Polish, English, and Korean, with the sender’s location typed as “PANNMUNJOM – KOREA”, addressed to a Polish delegate of the...
1954 (Nov 16) Tientsin to England - Registered Airmail Sample during the 7th Postal Tariff Period (franked with Tiananmen 5th Print ¥100,000, rare on cover):registered airmail sample cover sent from Tientsin to London, endorsed “Sample of No Value” and “via U.S.S.R. & Prague”, franked with five R series issues, totaling ¥141,100 (RMB), canceled by “Tientsin 54.11.16” cds and bearing a red registration label “No.1579”. The cover was routed...
1954 (Jan 7) Tientsin to London - Recovered mail from the Philippine Air Lines crash (Flight PR294), correctly franked 10g airmail at 11,200 yuan (7th Postal Tariff Period):posted on 7 January 1954 by the China National Import & Export Corporation, Tientsin Branch, and addressed to London, this cover was routed via Canton (11 Jan) and Hong Kong, before being carried on the Philippine Air Lines DC-6 aircraft (registration PI-C-294, Flight...
1954 (Jan 8) Shanghai to West Germany airmail cover - salvaged mail from the Philippine Air Lines crash, correctly paid 10 g rate of 11,200 yuan (7th postal tariff period):posted at Shanghai on 7 January 1954, the cover was routed through Canton (11 Jan) and Hong Kong, and was originally intended to reach Hamburg via Rome and Frankfurt. It was, however, involved in the Philippine Airlines flight PR501 crash at Rome on 14 January 1954, and was...
1954 Registered airmail sample from Shanghai to Sweden - heavy-weight commercial usage via Hong Kong during the 7th Postal Tariff Period (1 May 1953 - 31 December 1954):posted on 17 September 1954 from Shanghai to Stockholm, this 420g registered airmail sample cover was franked with seven stamps, totaling 385,700 yuan, including one each of the Tiananmen 5th Print 100,000 yuan and 200,000 yuan stamps, very rarely seen on cover. The postage...
A group of three international airmails to “Other Countries” during the 8th Postal Tariff Period of China (1 January 1955 - 31 August 1956):this group of three covers illustrates the postal rate system and operational practices for airmail to “Other Countries” during China’s 8th Postal Tariff Period. From 1 January 1955, the surface letter rate for the first 20 grams was fixed at 2,200 yuan, and the airmail surcharge for 10 grams to “Other...
1956 (Mar 8) Harbin via Canton to San Francisco registered airmail cover - an example of correctly paid mixed old and new RMB franking during the 8th postal rate period (postage 134 fen):posted on 8 March 1956 from Harbin to San Francisco, this registered airmail cover was routed via Canton on 14 March and arrived on 18 March 1956, franked with six stamps in mixed old and new RMB currency, totaling 134 fen, correctly paying the rate for a 10g...
Two Airmail Covers from Peking to USA - Examples Showing the Temporary “Prague Route” Concession and Its Cancellation under the 8th Postal Tariff Period (1 January 1955 - 31 August 1956):in early 1956, the Chinese People’s Post experimented with a concessionary airmail rate to USA via Prague, reducing the inclusive rate for a 10g airmail letter from 102 fen to 70 fen, applicable only to the eastern United States. The concession was...
1955 (Mar 1) Changchow, Fukien to Malaysia airmail cover - an example of correctly paid airmail to Asia during the 8th postal rate period (postage 5400 yuan):airmail sent from Changchow to Georgetown, Penang, franked with one definitive and one commemorative stamp (C13) totaling 5400 yuan, tied by Changchow 55.3.1 cds. It correctly paid the postage for a 10g airmail letter to Asia during the 8th postal rate period (1 Jan 1955 - 31 Aug 1956)....
Two Airmail Covers from Peking to East Germany - Correctly Franked under the 8th Postal Tariff Period (1 January 1955 - 31 August 1956):during this period, the airmail surcharge rate to Eastern Europe was reduced from 5,400 yuan to 4,800 yuan (or 48 fen) per 10g, with the basic surface letter rate for the first 20g at 2,200 yuan (22 fen). The total postage for a 10g airmail letter to Eastern Europe thus became 7,000 yuan (70 fen in new RMB)....
A group of three airmails to Europe during China’s 8th Postal Tariff Period (1 January 1955 - 31 August 1956):this group of three covers illustrates actual postal rates and practices for airmail to Europe during the PRC’s 8th Postal Tariff Period. Implemented on 1 January 1955, this period marked a general reduction in postal charges. The 10g airmail rate to Western Europe via Prague was reduced from 5,400 yuan to 4,800 yuan, bringing the...
1955 (Nov 19/20) Tientsin to England airmail cover - an example of an “Asia rate” misfranking returned to sender for additional postage and remailed at the correct rate (8th postal rate period):posted on 19 November 1955 by the China National Sundries Export Corporation, Tientsin Branch to London, this airmail cover was initially franked with two definitive stamps totaling 5,400 yuan, corresponding to the 10g airmail rate for Asian...
1956 (Feb 18) Shanghai to Switzerland registered airmail cover - an example of mixed old and new RMB franking during the 8th postal rate period (via Czechoslovakia):the cover was sent from Chinese Aluminium Rolling Mills, Ltd. in Shanghai to Lausanne, bearing violet handstamps “單掛號” (“single registration”) and “經捷克轉” (“via Czechoslovakia”), franked with four stamps in mixed old and new currency totaling 102 fen (RMB), tied by Shanghai 56.2.18...
1955 (Dec 13) Tientsin to England airmail cover, an example of correctly paid airmail to Europe during the 8th postal rate period (mixed old and new currency franking):the cover was sent from Tientsin to London, franked with nine “R” series definitives totaling 9,800 yuan and one C32 20 fen commemorative, making a total postage of 11,800 yuan (RMB). The 20 fen stamp equaled 2,000 yuan in old currency, reflecting the mixed use of old and new...
Two airmails to Europe during China’s 8th Postal Tariff Period (1 January 1955 - 31 August 1956):this pair of covers illustrates international airmail correspondence from China to Europe during the 8th Postal Tariff Period, showing the standard rates in the final phase of the pre-decimal currency system. Implemented on 1 January 1955, the inclusive rate for a 10g airmail letter to Western Europe via Hong Kong was 102 fen, comprising 22 fen...
Two Aerogrammes from China to the Soviet Union - Examples of the 8th Postal Tariff Period Airmail Letter Rate (1 January 1955 - 31 August 1956):during this postal period, reductions were made to the airmail rates for international correspondence, including letters, postcards, printed matter, and samples. The rate for international aerogrammes was standardised at 4,600 yuan (or 46 fen in new RMB) per item, regardless of destination or route....
