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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1619

China
1912 Commemorating the Revolution and Commemorating the Republic, 1c. to $5 each overprinted "specimen" in black and affixed in special presentation booklets by the Ministry of Communications; fine. Offered with the original "on postal service" envelope from the Inspector General of Posts to Chen En Tao, Director of the Chinese Bureau of Engraving and Printing (the printers of these issues); the envelope with a vertical crease at side. These sets are very scarce overprinted Specimen and these are particularly desirable in their original presentation booklets. Photo


1912年光復紀念票及共和紀念票, 由壹分至伍圓票各一套, 每枚郵票上都以黑色加蓋"speciment", 所有郵票均收藏於交通部特別製作的展示紀念冊中, 另有一信封, 由當時郵政總長寄給中國雕版印刷公司陳某收, 封有些少皺痕; 這兩套加蓋"Specimen"票樣皆十分珍罕, 尤以珍藏於原本的收藏冊內, 更是可遇不可求之民初票的大珍品.

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HK$32,000