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Auction: 19008 - The Lam Man Yin Collection of Small Dragons, Dowagers and 1897 Surcharges
Lot: 730

1897 New Currency Surcharges
Small Figures Surcharge
10c. on 9 candareens
10c. on 9ca. dull green variety surcharge double, pane 4 [18], large part original gum with hinge remainder. This stamp exhibits brilliant, fresh colour on bright white paper. An outstanding example of this very popular variety, without doubt one of the finest possible to obtain. S.G. 44c; Chan 44f; CSS 50g. Photo

provenance:
Brum Pedersen, February 1980


literature:
A Study on Double Surcharged Stamps of The Empress Dowager's Birthday Commemorative Issues, Chen Shih Jen, C.T.P.F. Journal, 1997 (illustrated page 61)

Tony T.W. Kwan, Small Figures Double Surcharge 10 Cents of Empress Dowager 9 Candareens Stamp, Asian Philatelist, 2014 (page 29-34, illustrated)


Only one pane of twenty stamps was released. After the initial reconstruction work made by Chen Shih Jen of Taiwan the final gaps have been completed by the work of Tony Kwan of Hong Kong so now, all of these have now been identified with 19 unused and one used example


洋銀壹角蓋於玖分銀深綠色複蓋變體新票,第4格[18],保留大部份原膠及有貼痕,一枚異常獨特的慈壽複蓋變體票,在白色票紙上更突顯印色鮮麗,成為這枚久聞其名的變體票之表表者,毫無疑問地此乃集郵家們所追求之珍罕郵品; 陳目#44f._x000D_ _x000D_ 源流:1980年2月Brum Pedersen; 著作:1997年陳士仁著A Study on Double Surcharged Stamps of The Empress Dowager's Birthday Commemorative Issues,C.T.P.F. Journal,(第61頁插圖); 2014年亞洲郵學家,關道華撰 "慈壽9分銀加蓋小字暫作洋銀10分複蓋票" 第29-34頁插圖; 目前只發現全格二十枚; 是經台灣陳士仁先生首先研究將其重組,但仍有缺票,餘下的缺票空隙,最後由香港集郵家關道華先生填補了所有缺票,所以現在可以確定是全格二十枚中共有十九枚新票及一枚舊票.

Sold for
HK$400,000