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Auction: CSS90 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5016

China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Small Figures
10c. on 6ca. brown, variety imperforate between vertical pair in a top right corner vertical strip of three, pane IV [4/12], large part original gum; some gum is missing from the top margin (which is not unusual) and there are a couple of tone patches which are barely visible from the front as they are mostly confined to the outside edges of the margin. Well centred and good colour. A most desirable positional piece, the premier example of this variety. Chan 43c; S.G. 43c, £11,000. Photo

provenance:
Richard Canman, October 1972


慈夀小字加蓋洋銀壹角蓋於陸分, 棕色. 直相連三枚, 其中上两枚間為中縫漏齒變體, 來自版格2 [ 4/12], 保留大部份原背膠, 上邊紙部份背膠缺失 (不常見), 邊沿位置顏色有些少變調, 但正面看幾乎不察覺, 而且此三連票圖案居中, 顏色鮮麗. 令人欣喜的罕見變體票. 陳目 43c; S.G. 43c

Estimate
HK$28,000 to HK$38,000

Starting price
HK$26000