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Auction: CSS60 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5081

China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Small Figures Surcharge
½c. on 3ca. yellow-orange in a block of thirty from setting B, including the complete right pane showing the positional variety including large stop (R[7]) and 3.5mm spacing (R[15]). The stamps are from either panes 1 and 2 or 5 and 6 and feature the retouched "3" type B (left pane [11]). With full original gum; vertical crease at right, fresh. Photo

Dr Chan Shiu Hon (The Empress Dowager Birthday Commemorative Issues and Surcharges) was unable to locate which pane this particular retouched "3" originated


Sold for
HK$5,000

Starting price
HK$4000