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Auction: CSS60 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5083

China
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½c. on 3ca. orange-yellow variety imperforate between vertical pair, large part original gum. These stamps are from setting A and are left pane [3/7] and show the very wide top margin which is typical of some of these stamps. A fine example of this error. Small "sr" handstamp on the reverse. Chan 37l; S.G. 37b. Photo

provenance:
James K. Senior, October 1971


So far only 13 unused and one used pair recorded, this pair is from the pair of panes from the left side of the printer's sheet


Sold for
HK$24,000

Starting price
HK$20000