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Auction: CSS31 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 3140

Hong Kong
King George VI Requisition Numbers
Requisition "B" November 1941
A group representing both values with 4c. orange in top right corner blocks of four with "B06539", "B38411", "B55626" and "B43958" in a corner block of twelve, 8c. red-brown "B34578" with plate "1"; one block lightly mounted in the top margin only, others unmounted mint

The De la Rue factory was bombed during the war and these printings were made by other printers. The 4c. was printed by Harrison. There is some doubt about the printers of the 8c. but the fount suggests Williams, Lea

Estimate
HK$2,500 to HK$3,000