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Auction: 19008 - The Lam Man Yin Collection of Small Dragons, Dowagers and 1897 Surcharges
Lot: 751

1897 New Currency Surcharges
Small Figures Surcharge
Covers
4c. Letter Rate
1897 (3 Aug.) local commercial envelope bearing ½c. on 3ca. (9) tied by superb strikes of the Soochow Dollar dater. Overpaid, fresh and fine. The ½c. stamps are from setting B and includes "½" just to right of "n" (left pane [14]). Photo

literature:
Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharge issues, Tony Kwan, 2011 (illustrated page 848)


1897年8月3日蘇州寄本埠商業信封，貼洋銀半分蓋於三分銀票九枚，銷較清晰蘇州大圓日戳，郵資多付; 又這些加蓋洋半分票都來自版式B，並包括"½"稍為右移於"n"字之上(左格[14])，信封保存尚佳;_x000D_ _x000D_ 著作：2011年關道華著" 慈禧壽辰票暨其加蓋票信封圖鑑" (848頁插圖).

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HK$13,000