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Auction: CSS114 - The Shanghai Postal System
Lot: 59

Chungking
1894 Third Issue
Essays
8ca. printed in mineral red of the improved design produced by the Tsukiji Type Foundry of Tokyo, the so-called muddy essay. A perforated example (perf.11½) without gum; there is a part of a black chop on the reverse, the colour of which has leached through to the front. Fine and scarce. Photo

provenance:
William Kullman, December 2012


1894年第三次版銀八分試色樣票, 土紅色, 改良設計後由日本東京築地活版製造所印制, 齒孔十一度半, 無背膠, 票背有部分黑色印記, 並透到票面上. 少見及品相中上.

Estimate
HK$2,000 to HK$2,500

Starting price
HK$1500