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Auction: 19008 - The Lam Man Yin Collection of Small Dragons, Dowagers and 1897 Surcharges
Lot: 781

1897 New Currency Surcharges
Large Figures Surcharge, Wide Setting
Second Printing
½c. on 3ca. bright yellow variety imperforate horizontally and "t." of "cent." missing in a vertical strip of three with part margin at top, with full original gum; there is a small thin in the margin at top and a light horizontal crease on the lower stamp. There are only two or three examples of this combination of varieties. Chan 56e. Photo

provenance:
Sir David Roseway, November 1963


再版大字長距洋銀半分蓋於三分銀，明黃色，直三連帶部份上邊紙橫縫漏齒及一枚郵票漏"cent"中之"t"字，原背膠，上邊有微薄及最下枚票身有極小橫摺痕，記錄中只得兩至三件含兩種變體的組合票，罕有; 陳目56e._x000D_ _x000D_ 源流：1963年11月Sir David Roseway.

Sold for
HK$38,000