Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1602
China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Covers
1897 (3 Aug.) long, locally used Soochow envelope bearing Small Figures ½c. on 3ca. blocks of ten (2, one on reverse) and six from setting B, left pane (two blocks of 10) tied by very fine strikes of Soochow Dollar dater. Philatelic but still a good cover. Photo
1897年8月3日蘇州寄本埠封, 貼小字加蓋洋銀半分蓋於三分十方連票兩件(其中一件貼於封背), 及六方連都來自B版式, 左格(兩件十方連), 銷十分清晰蘇州大圓日戳, 雖然是蓋銷郵品, 仍是難得的慈壽封.
Sold for
HK$13,000