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Auction: CSS46 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 6058

China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Small Figures
1c. on 1ca. vermilion variety surcharge inverted, large part original gum; from the sheet where the surcharge was centred low; there is part of a paper hinge remnant, well centred and exceptionally fresh. Signed by Schille on the reverse.


A magnificent example of this popular variety. Only two sheets of forty have been recorded and many of these are found used. S.G. 38a; Chan 38d. Photo

The centring is particularly low on this stamp, suggesting that it originated from the left pane

Sold for
HK$35,000