Lot 3902

1948 (4 Oct) OCBC, Shanghai to OCBC, Singapore. Large parcel registered cover containing 18 letters, f.w. Dah Tung Print SYS + SYS surch Gold Yuan + Merchants Steam Navigation Co. x17, in total of in total of CNC $700,000 = Gold Yuan $10 (each letter 17.5c + registered rate 40c), tied by Shanghai bilingual cds. Earlist recorded mixed combination usage from Shanghai to Singapore. A rarity for postage study.

1948.10.4 上海華僑銀行寄新加坡華僑銀行。大型掛號包裹封，貼大東版孫像 + 孫像改值金圓 + 招商局共17枚，合國幣70萬元即金圓10元（反映內含十八件信件，每件金圓17.5分 + 掛號資費4角），銷上海三格漢英日戳。為記錄中最早之混貼國幣金圓票，由上海寄新加坡之郵件。難得。