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Auction: CSS60 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5186

China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Large Figures Surcharge, Covers
10c. international Rate plus 10c. Registration: 1897 (13 July) opened-out envelope registered to Austria bearing wide setting 30c. on 24ca. with variety of three type C tied by Hankow Dollar dater and, on the reverse, small figures ½c. on 3ca. block of eight with similar cancellation and tied by Shanghai Dollar dater (16.7); the 30c. stamp on the address side is partly covered by three France "Chine" 25c. (defects) but leaving the positional variety clear and tied by "shang-hai/chine" c.d.s., there is a fine strike of large "R" in red , French registered handstamp and other transit marks. An intriguing cover paying double weight and registration (30c.) but it is unclear why the additional 4c. was added on the reverse, possibly for carriage on the overland route. Photo

provenance:
Saul Newbury, February 1962

Sir Percival David, March 1976

Bernard Stoloff, May 1987

Beckeman Collection, November 1998


literature:
Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharge issues, Tony Kwan, 2011 (illustrated page 800)

Sold for
HK$110,000

Starting price
HK$120000