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Auction: CSS35 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1017

China
People's Republic
People's Republic Issue 1949 - 2017 : 1967 - 1970 Cultural Revolution
1968 (W14) 8f "Whole Country is Red", fine used, this stamp has been repaired, with Hung's Stamp Company Ltd., certificate. Within the first half day of its issue in Beijing, the editor of the China Atlas Press had discovered that there were geographical inaccuracies in the map, (the Archipelagos of Xisha and Nanshi were omitted). The stamp was withdrawn almost immediately. However, some post offices had already sold the stamps before the official date of issue. It has also been surmised that another reason that the stamp was withdrawn was that notwithstanding its name, Taiwan is coloured white rather than red. Yang W63

Estimate
HK$280,000 to HK$300,000