China 1949 Sun Yat-sen silver yuan set of 9 to 500c scarlet, SG1348/56China 1949 Sun Yat sen (14th issue), Hwa Nam printing, silver yuan set of 9 to 500c scarlet, SG1348 56. A fine and fresh unused set. The top two higher value stamps in the set are particularly scarce and missing from many collections we view. Sun Yat sen (12 November 1866 12 March 1925) was a Chinese politician, physician and philosopher who provisionally served as the first president of the Republic of China. Hes called the "Father of the Nation".