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Auction: 19008 - The Lam Man Yin Collection of Small Dragons, Dowagers and 1897 Surcharges
Lot: 898

1897 New Currency Surcharges
Large Figures Surcharge, Covers
10c. international Rate plus 10c. Registration
1897 (13 July) opened-out envelope registered to Austria bearing wide setting 30c. on 24ca. with variety of three type C tied by Hankow Dollar dater and, on the reverse, small figures ½c. on 3ca. block of eight with similar cancellation and tied by Shanghai Dollar dater (16.7); the 30c. stamp on the address side is partly covered by three France "Chine" 25c. (defects) but leaving the positional variety clear and tied by "shang-hai/chine" c.d.s., there is a fine strike of large "R" in red , French registered handstamp and other transit marks. An intriguing cover paying double weight and registration (30c.) but it is unclear why the additional 4c. was added on the reverse, possibly for carriage on the overland route. Photo

provenance:
Saul Newbury, February 1962

Sir Percival David, March 1976

Bernard Stoloff, May 1987

Beckeman Collection, November 1998


literature:
Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharge issues, Tony Kwan, 2011 (illustrated page 800)


1897年7月13日寄奧地利破剖掛號封，貼慈禧壽辰紀念大字長距洋銀三角蓋於貳錢肆分，"三"字異體C型，銷漢口大圓日戳，背貼慈禧壽辰紀念加蓋小字洋銀半分蓋於三分銀八方連，銷漢口大圓日戳及上海7月16日戳。封面之洋銀三角票有部分被三枚法國客郵25仙票覆蓋，其中一枚法國客郵票損毀，銷法國客郵戳，旁蓋"R"紅色掛號戳，封上亦蓋有法國掛號戳及中轉戳。一枚十分有趣的實寄封繳付雙重郵資及三角掛號費，但未能確定為何需要多付肆分郵資，可能為陸上運輸費用。

Estimate
HK$150,000 to HK$180,000