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Auction: CSS60 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5110

China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Small Figures Surcharge
Covers
1897 (1 Sept.) cover front registered to the French Legation in Peking bearing 8c. on 6ca. brown tied by a fine strike of the Shanghai Dollar dater in blue-black with a fine strike of the large "R" in red alongside. Pays 4c. Letter Rate plus 4c. Registration. Photo

literature:
Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharge issues, Tony Kwan, 2011 (illustrated page 919)

Sold for
HK$3,500

Starting price
HK$3000