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Auction: CSS60 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5113

China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Large Figures Surcharge, Wide Setting, First Printing
½c. on 3ca. orange-yellow, variety surcharge inverted, with right margin and cancelled by part Customs Shanghai c.d.s. across the lower corner, right pane stamp [12]. An exceptionally fine example of this error, only two examples are known with the side sheet margin. Chan 47b; S.G. 48a, £12,000. Photo

provenance:
Sir Percival David, July 1969


One pane of forty stamps was sold, each cancelled by Customs Shanghai c.d.s. of 1897 (24 Mar.). So far only 33 have been recorded

Sold for
HK$75,000

Starting price
HK$60000