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Auction: CSS60 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5159

China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Large Figures Surcharge, Narrow Setting, Third Printing
½c. on 3ca. dull yellow, variety surcharge inverted, with interpanneau margin at left, large part original gum. Well centred, fresh and fine, an exceptional example of this error. Chan 74g; S.G. 78c, £2759. Photo

provenance:
Sir David Roseway, November 1963

Sold for
HK$22,000

Starting price
HK$8000