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)
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)
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