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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1540

China
Large Dragons
Postmarks
Kiukiang

1882 (25 Jan.) 3ca. brown-red bearing a central strike of Customs Kiukiang c.d.s. in indigo-blue; a very readable and upright strike; fine. The earliest recorded example of this postmark in blue and rare in this colour which was soon changed to red. Photo


三分銀, 棕紅色, 銷1882年1月25日靛藍色九江海關日戳, 郵戳非常清晰及沒傾斜, 是使用藍色郵戳的最早記錄, 更少見的是這種靛藍色, 不久之後, 戳印色就變為紅色了.

Estimate
HK$60,000 to HK$65,000