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Auction: SW1019 - The Collectors' Series incl. Colombia, Italian P.O.'s in China, Bulgaria, Rumania, Fiscals & Aeronautical Memorabilia
Lot: 561

1917-22 Italian Post OfficesPeking1917, 20c. on 50 c. violet, inverted hand surcharge, centred to upper right, with faint strike of the "R.R. Poste Italiane/Pechino-Cina" datestamp, leaving the design quite clear. No more than five or six examples known of this most desirable variety, this example being preserved in a very fine state. Cert. Bottacchi and A. Diena. Sassone 6b; € 50,000. Ex Marquess of Bute. Photo

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€8,000