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Auction: CSS60 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5126

China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Large Figures Surcharge, Wide Setting, Second Printing
½c. on 3ca. yellow, varieties imperforate horizontally and "t" missing from "cent", in a vertical strip of three with full original gum; there is a small thin in the margin at top and a light horizontal crease on the lower stamp. Fresh appearance. There are only two, possibly three, examples of this combination of varieties, Chan 56e. Photo

provenance:
Sir David Roseway, November 1963

Estimate
HK$30,000 to HK$40,000

Starting price
HK$30000