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Auction: 20019 - The Shambhala collection of Tibet
Lot: 664

Tibet
Chinese Imperial Post
1911 Surcharged Stamps
2a. on 7c. crimson-lake in a part sheet of forty cancelled by very fine strike of Yatung - Tibet type C3 c.d.s. dated 1911 (29 Nov.); the sheet (without margins) has been divided into two panes with the right pane originally overlapping the interpanneau margin. A scarce and desirable sheet. S.G. C4. Photo

Note that this is dated a day or two before the postmaster fled Tibet with his compatriot from the Lhasa office


貳分蓋於七分, 紫紅色四十方連票, 蓋銷清晰1911年11月29日 "Yatung-Tibet" C3 型日戳, 該版票 (没帶邊紙) 曾分為两格帶右格原與過橋邊紙相叠. 甚為稀見的版張. S.G. C4

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HK$9,500

Starting price
HK$6500