Auction: CSS121 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 49
China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Large Figures, Narrow Setting, Third Printing
3ca. pale chrome variety without surcharge, in a top margin block of ten, large part original gum with the typical gum streaking on this value. A desirable multiple, only two blocks of twelve recorded, this is the only block of ten. Chan 74b. Photo
Note: Seventeen stamps have been recorded with the top sheet margin, thus it would appear that two sheets of eighty were released, both sheets with top margin
Estimate
HK$20,000 to HK$24,000
Starting price
HK$20000