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Auction: 7001 - Fine Stamps & Covers of Hong Kong
Lot: 556

° China Chinkiang 1895 Second Issue Postage Due, 1/2c. with trial printing in red by E. Shing of Shanghai, a horizontal pair tied on Binns envelope by the double-ring cancellation with the Chinese characters in centre and "to pay" on oval, fine. F.Z. Chun handstamp on reverse. Ex Lyons Livingston. Photo Estimate HK$ 1,500-2,000All the examples of this trial printing should have been destroyed. This was certified as having been by Roger de Villard. However, the appearance of these philatelic covers on the market resulted in de Villard being jailed for defrauding the Chingkiang local post

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