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Auction: CSS60 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5104

China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Small Figures Surcharge
10c. on 9ca. variety surcharge double, [19] part original gum; fresh colour on bright, white paper. A very desirable example of this popular error. Only twenty stamps were released and all have been identified. A rarity. Chan 44f; S.G. 44c, £75,000. Photo

provenance: Godfrey Mellor, May 1969

'Renaissance', March 1999


Sold for
HK$420,000

Starting price
HK$300000