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Auction: 16012 - Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collections, The Chinese Customs Post
Lot: 1728

China
1897 Revenue Surcharges
The Basic Stamps
Small 4c. on 3c. red [18] from pane l (the used pane) with part Shanghai Dollar chop dated 1898 (17 Mar.); bright colour and very fine. Rare and desirable used in such fine condition

provenance: Sir David Roseway, November 1963

There is a popular misconcepotion that there were only 175 of these stamps issued, however, our records suggest 300 stamps. We have records of 164 unused and 40 used examples

Sold for
HK$220,000