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Auction: CSS129 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 854

Indo-China
French Indo-Chinese Post Office
1922 Unissued series
1922 Unissued Native Women unoverprinted varieties complete set of six in strips of three tied to piece with Madagascar Postes et Telegraphes cancellation. After receiving specimens at its Bern headquarters, the Universal Postal Union distributed three copies of each stamp to the member countries. Each country had its own practice of handling the reference copies. The Madagascar Post Office affixed their reference collection to folio pages tying them with a distinctive triple handstamp in red ink. Since these stamps were never sold for general use, this exerpt from Madagascar's archives is probably a unique example of "postally cancelled" stamps from this issue. Extremely rare. Yvert 117A-122A, cat Euro 3840.

Estimate
HK$2,500 to HK$3,000

Starting price
HK$1800