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1946(Apr 19] Printed flimsy paper airmail envelope Registered to Baltimore endorsed from member UNRRA (United Nations Refugee Relief Administration) in Canton bearing Sun Yat-sen $100 (2), $20 & Imperf 3rd Issue redrawn marginal $40 [SG 655, 808 & 660] making $260 rate tied Canton dotted circle cds & on reverse red on white R No 6157 reg. label with Canton inserted & with New York [1 May] & Baltimore/Reg Sec. [2 May] transit cds & Baltimore Druid Sta [2 May] arrival cds ………Japan surrendered on 14 August 1945 & a race ensued between Nationalist & Communists to seize areas formally occupied by the Japanese that resulted in increasing inflation taking place until currency revaluation & the issue of the Silver Yuan on 1 May 1949.