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China Dowager Small Surcharges

Lot 43

1,500.00 HKD

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1897 Empress Dowager 1st Print surch small figure 2c on 2ca in block of 4, top left and bottom right stamp with ovpt "2" shifted to left

1897 Empress Dowager 1st Print surch small figure 2c on 2ca in block of 4, top left and bottom right stamp with ovpt "2" shifted to left variety (Chan 39b), used by Customs Amoy cds. Hinged with original gum. Bottom left stamp with short perf. 1991(Sep) Sotheby's London, Major James Starr Collection, lot 457. 1897年慈壽初版加蓋小字2分蓋2分銀四方連，左上及右下一枚帶“2”字左移變異（陳目39b），背貼。左下一枚短齒。1991.9 倫敦蘇富比Major James Starr專場，拍品號457。

Lot 45

300,000.00 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager 1st print surch small figure 4c/4ca in block of 4 with left gutter marin, double ovpt and offset variety (Chan 40f),

1897 Empress Dowager 1st print surch small figure 4c/4ca in block of 4 with left gutter marin, double ovpt and offset variety (Chan 40f), MLH with original gum. With Peter Holcombe signature on reverse. Famous Empress Dowager variety stamp. According to the record of Spink China, one sheet of 40 was released, of these record 24 unused, 6 used and 2 covers were recorded. Provenance: John Agnew (private sale) Sir Percival David, November 1969 (in the block of nineteen) 2019 (18 Jan) Spink China, The Lam Man Yin Collection of Small Dragons, Dowagers and 1897 Surcharges, lot 709, realized HKD$600,000. Literature: Philatelic Extracts, Spink auction catalogue 21 November 1999, page 207 (illustration of the pane of 19). 1897年慈壽初版加蓋小字4分蓋4分銀四方連新連左過橋邊紙，帶加蓋複蓋及透印變異（陳目40f），原膠輕貼。背面帶有Peter Holcombe簽署。著名之“四複八倒”之一。此變異票共有一版四十枚存世，按斯賓克中國之統計，曾見24枚新票、6枚舊票及兩件信封。源流﹕ John Agnew（私人購入） 1969年大維德爵士（原十九方連） 2019.1.18 斯賓克中國，林文琰小龍、慈壽及其加蓋票專場，拍品號709。落槌價60萬港元。記載﹕ Philatelic Extracts。1999.11.21 斯賓克拍賣目錄第207頁原十九方連原件。

China Dowager Small Surcharges

China Dowager Large Surcharges

Lot 48

32,000.00 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager 1st Print surch small figure 30c on 24ca in vertical strip of 3, middle stamp with wider space of 4mm while the bottom

1897 Empress Dowager 1st Print surch small figure 30c on 24ca in vertical strip of 3, middle stamp with wider space of 4mm while the bottom stamp with broken character "Yin" (Chan 46a, 46d), MLH with original gum. 1991(Sep) Sotheby's London, Major James Starr Collection, lot 457. 1897年慈壽初版加蓋小字3角蓋24分銀直三連新，中間一枚長距4毫米，下方一枚破“銀”字（陳目46a, 46d），原膠輕貼。1991.9 倫敦蘇富比Major James Starr專場，拍品號457。

China Dowager Large Surcharges

Lot 52

1,500.00 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager 1st Print surch large figure, wide spaced 30c/24ca (Chan 55), MLH with orignal gum. Small insect hole at right.

1897 Empress Dowager 1st Print surch large figure, wide spaced 30c/24ca (Chan 55), MLH with orignal gum. Small insect hole at right. Fine. 1897年慈壽初版加蓋大字長距3角蓋24分銀新（陳目55），原膠輕貼。右方帶小蛀孔。

Lot 53

8,000.00 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager 1st Print surch large figure, wide spaced 30c/24ca, with "30" shifted upward variety (Chan 55), MH with original gum.

1897 Empress Dowager 1st Print surch large figure, wide spaced 30c/24ca, with "30" shifted upward variety (Chan 55), MH with original gum. With Peter Holcombe signature on reverse. Only 11 mint and 3 used example of this "30" shifted upward variety stamp were recorded. Scarce. 1897年慈壽初版加蓋大字長距3角蓋24分銀新，帶“30”上移變異（陳目55），原膠背貼。背面帶有Holcombe簽署。此變異票存世僅11枚新票及3枚舊票，稀罕難得。

Lot 55

5,000.00 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager 2nd print surch large figure, wide spaced 1/2c on 3ca in vertical strip of 3, with imperf between variety

1897 Empress Dowager 2nd print surch large figure, wide spaced 1/2c on 3ca in vertical strip of 3, with imperf between variety (Chan 56eii), MLH with original gum. Top and bottom perf trimmed. F-VF. 1897年慈壽再版加蓋大字長距半分蓋3分銀直方連新，帶中縫漏齒變異（陳目56eii），原膠輕貼。頂邊及底邊齒孔被剪。

Lot 56

2,200.00 HKD

Sold

1897 Empress Dowager 2nd print surch large figure, wide spaced 1c on 1ca in block of 12 (Chan 57), MLH with original

1897 Empress Dowager 2nd print surch large figure, wide spaced 1c on 1ca in block of 12 (Chan 57), MLH with original gum. 1897年慈壽再版加蓋大字長距1分蓋1分銀十二方連新（陳目57），原膠輕貼。

Lot 58

4,000.00 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager 2nd print surch large figure, wide spaced 30c on 24ca, with 2mm distance between "30" and "cents" variety (Chan 64d),

1897 Empress Dowager 2nd print surch large figure, wide spaced 30c on 24ca, with 2mm distance between "30" and "cents" variety (Chan 64d), MLH with original gum. Very Fine. 1897年慈壽再版加蓋大字長距3角蓋24分銀，“30”及“cents”之間距離2毫米（陳目64d），原膠輕貼。上品。

Lot 64

36,000.00 HKD

Sold

1897 Empress Dowager surch large figure, narrow spaced 30c on later second printing 24ca (Chan 81), MH with original gum, featuring clean

1897 Empress Dowager surch large figure, narrow spaced 30c on later second printing 24ca (Chan 81), MH with original gum, featuring clean perforation and bold impression. Very fine rare stamp. 2025 (May) Kelleher and Rogers sold large figure narrow spaced 30c at HKD$40,000. This example, however, is of even better condition. 1897年慈壽再版後期票加蓋大字短距3角蓋24分銀新（陳目81），原膠背貼，齒孔清晰，印刷鮮明。2025年5月Kelleher and Rogers曾於港幣4萬元出售一枚大字短距3角，此例品相更佳。

Lot 66

600.00 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager later 2nd print surch large figure, narrow spaced 5c on 5ca, with ovpt shifted downward variety (Chan 78), MLH with

1897 Empress Dowager later 2nd print surch large figure, narrow spaced 5c on 5ca, with ovpt shifted downward variety (Chan 78), MLH with original gum. F-VF. 1897年慈壽後期再版加蓋大字短距5分蓋5分銀新，帶加蓋下移變異（陳目78），原膠輕貼。

Lot 68

10,000.00 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager later 2nd print surch large figure, narrow spaced 4c on 10ca in block of 10 with left margin, partial blind perf

1897 Empress Dowager later 2nd print surch large figure, narrow spaced 4c on 10ca in block of 10 with left margin, partial blind perf between (Chan 77), MNH with original gum. 2010 (Jan) Interasia, The Jan and Dan Sten Olsson Collection, lot 197. 1897年慈壽後期再版加蓋大字短距4分蓋10分銀十方連新帶左邊紙，中縫部分盲齒（陳目77），原膠背貼。2010.1 Interasia，Jan與Dan Sten Olsson集藏，拍品號197。

Lot 69

20,000.00 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager re-drawn design surch large figure, narrow spaced 2c on 2ca in horizontal pair with left margin, impef

1897 Empress Dowager re-drawn design surch large figure, narrow spaced 2c on 2ca in horizontal pair with left margin, impef between varriety (Chan 83a), position 9 and 10 of pane I. MH with original gum. Only one complete sheet with this variety was known which means 15 pair exist at most. 12 pairs, included this pair, were recorded. 1980 (Feb) Brum Pederson. 2019 (18 Jan) Spink China, The Lam Man Yin Collection of Small Dragons, Dowagers and 1897 Surcharges, lot 888, realized HKD$60,000. 1897慈壽改版加蓋大字短距2分蓋2分銀橫雙連新帶左邊紙，中縫漏齒變異（陳目83a），洋字分別破版及凹點，出自第一盤格第9及第10位置。此變異目前僅發現一全張，換言之最多僅十五件橫雙連存世，當中十二件（包含此件）已有所記錄。 1980.2 Brum Pederson 2019.1.18 斯賓克中國，林文琰小龍、慈壽及其加蓋票專場，拍品號888。落槌價6萬港元。

China Red Revenue

Lot 76

30,000.00 HKD

Live

1897 Red Revenue surch large figure 4c, with offset variety (Chan 89), MH. This variety was recorded by Huang Kuang

1897 Red Revenue surch large figure 4c, with offset variety (Chan 89), MH. This variety was recorded by Huang Kuang Sheng 1897年紅印花加蓋大字4分新，帶黏蓋透印變異（陳目89），背貼上品。紅印花大字4分黏印票在公孫柳及黃光城著作中均有記載。