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China Dowager Small Surcharges

China Dowager Large Surcharges

China Dowager Small Surcharges

China Dowager Large Surcharges

China Dowager Small Surcharges

Lot 46

65,000.00 HKD

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1897 Empress Dowager surch Small Figure 1c/1ca with inverted ovpt variety (Chan 38d). MNH with original gum. It is believed that 80 of this

1897 Empress Dowager surch Small Figure 1c/1ca with inverted ovpt variety (Chan 38d). MNH with original gum. It is believed that 80 of this varieyt stamp exist (2 panes of 40) and only one fourth of them remain mint as most of thm were used by Hankow pakua, dollar or customs cancel. 1897年慈壽加蓋小字1分蓋1分銀新，帶加蓋倒蓋變異（陳目38d），原膠無貼。小字加蓋1分倒蓋票相信存世僅八十枚（兩盤格各四十枚），當中僅約四分一為新票，餘大多銷漢口八卦戳、大圓戳或海關戳。經典之“四複八倒”之一。

China Dowager Large Surcharges

Lot 65

4,000.00 HKD

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1897 Empress Dowager later 2nd print surch large figure, narrow spaced 4c on 10ca, with inverted ovpt and broken character "Yin" variety

1897 Empress Dowager later 2nd print surch large figure, narrow spaced 4c on 10ca, with inverted ovpt and broken character "Yin" variety (Chan 77b). MNH with original gum. With philatelist name seal on reverse. One of the famous Empress Dowager varieties. 3 panes in total of 240 stamps exist. Double variety examples such as this one, are especially scarce. 1897年慈壽後期再版加蓋大字短距4分蓋10分銀新，帶加蓋倒蓋兼破“銀”字變異（陳目77b），原膠無貼。背面帶有集郵家名字章。為著名為“四複八倒”之一。存世者應有三格共240枚，當中如此例般雙重變異者尤其稀罕。