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Auction: 20188 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - e-Auction
Lot: 188

Hankow
1896 Second Provisionals
Vertical Surcharge (Reading up)
1c. on 30c. slate-mauve in a block of four from stone I (8th and 9th columns), large part original gum. An interesting block which clearly demonstrates that the surcharge was printed in horizontal rows of ten, here the lower surcharge is in a very different position and has been applied at an angle

provenance:
William L. Kullman, December 2012

Estimate

Starting price
HK$1500