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Auction: CSS43 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 80

China
1897 Red Revenue
Covers
1897 (7 May) envelope registered to Foochow bearing Large Figures 2c. on 3c. with Small Dragon 5c. on 5ca., Dowager Small Figures 4c. on 4ca.,Large Figures (wide setting ) 1c. on 1ca., 10c. on 9ca. and 30c. on 24ca. tied by Customs Shanghai c.d.s. and large ‘R’ struck in red with the manuscript registration number alongside, flap missing on the reverse. An unusual and an early date for such a franking.

Sold for
HK$90,000