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Auction: CSS65 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 5119

China
1898-1910 Imperial Post
1898 C.I.P. Waterlow composite imperforate miniature sheet of nine (3x3), comprising Bean Goose $1 (3) + $2 (3) + $5 (3) se-tenant, imperforate on wove unwatermarked paper, wide margins all round, small tear/wrinkle in upper right margin which just affects one $1 unit, nevertheless very fine and fresh. An extraordinary piece as such sheetlets were usually perforated, and with a Waterlow security ovpt. and punch hole on each unit, probably unique in this format.


1898年倫敦版飛雁高值1元2元5元九方連印刷廠試色無齒印樣1件，紙張採用無浮水印郵票紙，顏色為黃色及橘紅色（同2元票顏色），包括1元2元5元各三枚，帶四邊寬邊邊框，邊框四角帶裁切線，右側邊框有一微小裂痕，但不影響票面，顏色鮮豔，保存完好，倫敦版蟠龍由英國倫敦華德路公司印刷，此印樣應為該公司印刷郵票前試色之用，常見有同類九方連加字打孔試色樣張，但此種無齒未加字印樣目前僅發現此件，可能為存世孤品，極為珍罕！

Estimate
HK$110,000 to HK$160,000

Starting price
HK$110000