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Auction: CSS102 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 1
Lot: 6148

Hong Kong
1880 Provisional Surcharges
5c. on 8c. bright orange variety surcharge double, cancelled by a central strike of "S1" barred oval; clipped perfs at foot and a couple of short perfs. at top. A rare variety, only nine examples recorded. R.P.S. Certificate (1944). S.G. 23b, £21,000

provenance:

R.B. Yardley, January 1945

Lt. Col. L.T. Rose-Hutchinson, November 1949

Estimate
HK$60,000 to HK$80,000

Starting price
HK$45000