Hi Swift,
Thanks for the info. I'm very interested in this cover. Unfortunately most of the auction sites in Taiwan do not accept either credit card or Paypal. The only way I can make the payment is via international bank wire transfer which makes it unattractive due to the service fee and process involved.
This cover seems to have some kind of historical significance and the asking bid price reflects that.
I do have a question about this cover.
The cover was sent less than 3 weeks before Mao declared the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949. The cover seems to be sent via train route to Canton. Apparently Mao had not taken full control of the train route since The KMT government retreated to Canton until October 15. I assume that due to the war, the post office did not have time to censor mail. I believe that one can still find ways to travel to south during that time, depending on how much one could offer. How did the train carry the mail from communist occupied area to canton which was controlled by KMT during that time?
Auction still active, I'll remove the strikethrough when auction ended.
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