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Auction: CSS114 - The Shanghai Postal System
Lot: 162

Hankow
1896 Second Provisionals
Vertical Surcharge (Reading down)
One Cent on 30c. pale slate-purple in a top margin block of six from stone I [4/25], large part original gum; small and faint tone spot on the reverse. One stamp shows broken "O" of "ONE" and there is some slight colour variation across the block. This is thought to be the largest extant block of this stamp. Livingston 24a; S.G. 37a, £2600+. Photo


一分直蓋於三角洋錢, 淡灰紫色, 帶上邊紙六方連新票, 來自第一版式[4/25], 保留大部份原膠, 票背有些暗淡斑㸃, 其中一枚"ONE"的"O"字破版, 並且票面顏色有些變異; 有可能是此類郵票的最大方連票.

Estimate
HK$6,000 to HK$8,000

Starting price
HK$4500