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Auction: 19008 - The Lam Man Yin Collection of Small Dragons, Dowagers and 1897 Surcharges
Lot: 703

1897 New Currency Surcharges
Small Figures Surcharge
2c. on 2 candareens
2c. on 2ca. green variety imperforate between vertical pair, cancelled by pa-kua (Shanghai?); the paper shows some signs of ageing and there are a few slightly short perforations at right. A rare example of this error. S.G. 39c; Chan 39e. Photo

Only one sheet of this variety has been reported, of the sixteen pairs possible there are five unused pais and this is the only known pair used. If some were used on commercial mail, it would account for the small number known


洋銀貳分蓋於貳分銀票，綠色直雙連中縫漏齒變體舊票，銷八卦戳( 可能是上海 ); 票有些微老化斑㸃及有些右齒位微短，不可多得的珍貴中縫漏齒變體票; 陳目39e_x000D_ _x000D_ 目前有記錄的只有一版發行，應有十六對的雙連票的，在己知的是五對雙連新票，而這是目前唯一發現的舊雙連票，如果有些已貼用於商業信件上，那可能亦只是極少數量.

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HK$50,000