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Auction: CSS60 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5103

China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Small Figures Surcharge
10c. on 6ca. brown, variety imperforate between vertical pair in a top right corner vertical strip of three, pane 2 [4/12], large part original gum; some gum is missing from the top margin and there are a couple of tone patches which are barely visible from the front. Well centred and good colour. A most desirable positional piece. Chan 43c; S.G. 43c, £11,000. Photo

provenance:
Richard Canman, October 1972


Only sixteen unused and one used pair recorded


Estimate
HK$40,000 to HK$50,000

Starting price
HK$40000