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Auction: 7015 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1048

Korea ´Tai-Han´ Handstamp on New Currency Issue 1901 (10 April) 1c. blue postal stationery card to England, written aboard H.M.S. Bonaventure at Chemulpo, up-rated with rare usage of ´Tai-Han´ 5p. green, perf 13, surcharged in red, in combination with 1900 New Currency issue overprinted ´Tai-Han´ 2re. grey singles (2) one with sideways surcharge, ther other with double surcharge sideways, and a strip of four with surcharge upright, and 1900 2ch. bright blue with double surcharge sideways, all clearly tied by "chemulpo/coree" datestamps and by Shanghai French Post Office transit c.d.s. (April 15). An extraordinary and scarce usage of these provisionals on cover. S.G. 12b, 22 var., 24 var N.B. The balance of this small newly found correspondence will be auctioned in our next sale in Hong Kong. Estimate £ 1,500-1,800

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