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Auction: 16013 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2123

China
1897 Revenue Surcharges
Covers
1900 (28 Apr.) Maus German 10pf. lettercard to Baden cancelled by Tsingtau, Kiaochow c.d.s. in combination with Small Figures 2c. on 3c. red [6] tied by a good strike of Kiaochow double-circle lunar dater and bearing, on the reverse, Lichtenthal arrival c.d.s. (5.6) and the sender's handstamp in blue. The right edge of the lettercard has been removed but the left edge is still complete. Clean and very fine. An attractive and desirable card, only two lettercard recorded by Benjamin Hwa. Photo

provenance: Christie's auction, November 1995


literature: The Illustrated Covers ... of Revenue Surcharges, Benjamin Y.K. Hwa, 2003 (page 578)

Estimate
HK$75,000 to HK$95,000