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Auction: 7005 - Quintin Tan China Dowagers Collection
Lot: 158

1897 New Currency Surcharges Large Figures Surcharge, Wide Setting on Dowager First Print 1/2c. on 3ca. orange-yellow variety surcharge inverted right pane [17-18] from the only sheet of forty recorded, cancelled by a large part "customs/shanghai" c.d.s.; very fine, as all examples, cancelled by favour, this pair with full original gum. A scarce multiple. S.G. 48a; Chan 47b. Photo Estimate HK$ 100,000-120,000For an illustration of the reconstruction of the known examples, please refer to philatelic extracts in the Spink 20 November 2006 (´Twyste´) auction catalogue

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HK$120,000