Auction: CSS60 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5186
China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Large Figures Surcharge, Covers
10c. international Rate plus 10c. Registration: 1897 (13 July) opened-out envelope registered to Austria bearing wide setting 30c. on 24ca. with variety of three type C tied by Hankow Dollar dater and, on the reverse, small figures ½c. on 3ca. block of eight with similar cancellation and tied by Shanghai Dollar dater (16.7); the 30c. stamp on the address side is partly covered by three France "Chine" 25c. (defects) but leaving the positional variety clear and tied by "
Saul Newbury, February 1962
Sir Percival David, March 1976
Bernard Stoloff, May 1987
Beckeman Collection, November 1998
Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharge issues, Tony Kwan, 2011 (illustrated page 800)
Sold for
HK$110,000
Starting price
HK$120000