1897 New Currency Surcharges Large Figures Surcharge, Narrow Setting First Printing The 'Red Ruby' 30c. on 24ca. rose-carmine, right pane [3], apparently unmounted mint. A stunning example of this rarity showing bright, fresh colour and white paper, this stamp is very well centred. A superb example of this, one of the key stamps of the 1897 surcharges. S.G. 77; Chan 73. Photo This rare stamp is one of the treasures of the Dowager surcharges and no used examples have been recorded. One complete pane was discovered by Adolphus Diercking in the Chungking Post Office. Two blocks of four are known and these are from the same pane. This stamp shows the typical centring of the examples form this sheet and joins the right side of the stamp illustrated in Chan Shiu Hon's catalogue and to the left of the example in the Ellery Denison collection.
1897 New Currency Surcharges Large Figures Surcharge, Narrow Setting First Printing The 'Red Ruby' 30c. on 24ca. rose-carmine, right pane [3], apparently unmounted mint. A stunning example of this rarity showing bright, fresh colour and white paper, this stamp is very well centred. A superb example of this, one of the key stamps of the 1897 surcharges. S.G. 77; Chan 73. Photo This rare stamp is one of the treasures of the Dowager surcharges and no used examples have been recorded. One complete pane was discovered by Adolphus Diercking in the Chungking Post Office. Two blocks of four are known and these are from the same pane. This stamp shows the typical centring of the examples form this sheet and joins the right side of the stamp illustrated in Chan Shiu Hon's catalogue and to the left of the example in the Ellery Denison collection.
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