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Auction: CSS22 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2061

China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Small Figures
1c. on 1ca. reddish orange varieties surcharge inverted and wide space right pane [15] cancelled by part Hankow pa-kua in deep black. There is some red ink on the reverse, from the original cover; strong colour and fine. Holcombe Certificate (1991). Chan 38da; S.G. 38ab. Photo

provenance: Ferrari, November 1924
Arthur Hind, May 1935,
James Starr, September 1991



Only two sheets of forty of the surcharge inverted were released, so only two of these show the 3.5mm space

Estimate
HK$120,000 to HK$150,000