Lot 114

1949 (15 Nov) US consulate cover from O Edmund Clubb, Peking to Canada, f.w. SYS surch North China People’s Post $500, tied by Peking ordinary cds. O Edmund Clubb was one of the US State Department’s “Old China Hands”. On 14 Jan 1950, US Consulate Peking was seized by the Chinese government.

1949.11.15 美國駐京大使館封，由柯樂博寄加拿大，貼孫像改值華北人民郵政500元，銷北京（平）三格日戳。柯樂博為美國政府的中國通之一。1950年1月14日，新中國政府接管美國駐京大使館。