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Auction: 19008 - The Lam Man Yin Collection of Small Dragons, Dowagers and 1897 Surcharges
Lot: 851

1897 New Currency Surcharges
Large Figures Surcharge, Narrow Setting
Third Printing
½c. on 3ca. pale chrome-yellow variety surcharge inverted, in a block of six from surcharge pane III [13/19] and includes broken bar of "½" [17] and short bar of "½" [18], large part original gum; a few split perfs. with hinge reinforcement. A fresh and important block being the largest in existence. S.G. 78c; Chan 74g. Photo

provenance:
Major James Starr, September 1991

Beckeman Collection, May 1998


1897年慈禧壽辰紀念三版加蓋大字短距洋銀半分蓋於三分六方連，加蓋倒蓋收變體，第三格位置[13/19]，第17號"1/2"中橫線斷開，第18號"1/2"中橫線較短，帶大部分原膠，有少部分裂齒並以黏貼加固，品相佳，現存此面值倒蓋變體為發現之最方連。陳目#74g_x000D_ _x000D_ 源流: Major James Starr，1991年9月 Beckeman Collection，1998年5月

Sold for
HK$200,000