Lot 553

1945 (19 Jul) Swiss Consulate Canton cover to Hong Kong, f.w. Kwangtung surch "Temporarily Sold" $200 on SYS 30c in pair (Chan JK56), tied by Canton bilingual cds., along with "OFFICIAL MAIL" cachet. Adhesive was framed by crayon with "0.70" annotation. As Japanese troops were close to failure by that time. Transportation between Shanghai and Kwangtung was interrupted. PO in Kwangtung was short of stamps and therefore issued surch stamps on 6 Jul. Commercial usage is very rare.

1945.7.19 瑞士駐廣州領事館寄香港，貼廣東加蓋暫售200元蓋孫像1角直雙連（陳目JK56），銷廣州點線英日戳。另見公事戳。貼票被蠟筆劃框包圍，寫有“0.70”批注。當時日軍慘敗，上海與廣東交通斷絕，廣東郵局郵票短缺，故於7月6日發行加蓋暫售票，實寄例子相當難得。