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1897 New Currency Surcharges Small

Limitpreis
5.000.000 HK$ - 6.000.000 HK$
ca. 638.532 $ - 766.239 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 731

1897 New Currency Surcharges Small

Limitpreis
5.000.000 HK$ - 6.000.000 HK$
ca. 638.532 $ - 766.239 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

1897 New Currency Surcharges Small Figures Surcharge 10c. on 9 candareens 10c. on 9ca. dull green variety surcharge inverted, unused with trace of gum. Pane 1 [21], this stamp is centred towards one corner but still exhibiting exceptional margins, large to enormous. There is a pulled perforation at the foot of the stamp, otherwise a very fresh stamp with bright colour and on white paper A magnificent example of this legendary stamp, considered the rarest and most sought-after Dowager surcharge. Many of the finest collections were without an example of this stamp. Photo Before printing the new value on the 9ca. stamps, all of the left margins were removed. To match the new sheet size, the far right column of the surcharge plate was taken off the surcharge plate so, effectively, all of these surcharges are one column to the right. Thus the wide space variety is now found on the right of the sheet next to the margin. Demand for the new stamps was much greater than anticipated and all available stamps were used for this new issue. All old stamps were retuned from the post offices around China and any complete sheets were sent to the priinters for surcharging. Any 9ca. sheet returned would have had the tête-bêche column removed, probably by the postal authorites or, possibly, by the printers. It is apparent that a few of these returned sheets did not have the offending first column removed. The 10c. surcharge, setting B, was used for the 12ca. complete sheets of twenty five stamps. It was this surcharge which was applied to these few complete sheets of 9ca. The corner stamps, being inverted, received the surcharge upside-down. One proposed suggestion was tha the printers inadvertantly removed the right column instead of the left. This is not true as the surcharge matches position [21] of setting B., not the corner surcharge used for the other 9ca. sheets. Thus these stamps with inverted surcharge must be overprinted with the surcharge position [21] of the 10c. on 12ca. surcharge. There are no obvious distinguishing features of this position but there are a few small variations. The most apparent is a small spur on the top right of the "1" character provenance: Sir Percival David, July 1970 literature: The Empress Dowager Birthday Commemorative Issues and Surcharges, Chan Shiu Hon, 1994 (illustrated page 96) Only four examples of this stamp have been recorded, two unused and two used. Some doubts had been raised about the aithenticity of the other unused example but close examination shows similarities of the surcharge. Note that the large margins (at the foot of the printed sheet) result in the surcharge being printed lower on the design. The other examples Pane 1 Unused Wilson Te auction, Pane 4 Used with Shanghai Dollar Dater E.H. Finegan, October 1937 Sir Percival David, November 1969 Warren Kauder, November 1971 Dr Chang Min Sheng Pane 2 Used with pa-kua Sir Percival David, November 1969 Shanghai Universal auction, April 2015

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 731
Auktion:
Datum:
18.01.2019
Auktionshaus:
Spink
Spink China
Beschreibung:

1897 New Currency Surcharges Small Figures Surcharge 10c. on 9 candareens 10c. on 9ca. dull green variety surcharge inverted, unused with trace of gum. Pane 1 [21], this stamp is centred towards one corner but still exhibiting exceptional margins, large to enormous. There is a pulled perforation at the foot of the stamp, otherwise a very fresh stamp with bright colour and on white paper A magnificent example of this legendary stamp, considered the rarest and most sought-after Dowager surcharge. Many of the finest collections were without an example of this stamp. Photo Before printing the new value on the 9ca. stamps, all of the left margins were removed. To match the new sheet size, the far right column of the surcharge plate was taken off the surcharge plate so, effectively, all of these surcharges are one column to the right. Thus the wide space variety is now found on the right of the sheet next to the margin. Demand for the new stamps was much greater than anticipated and all available stamps were used for this new issue. All old stamps were retuned from the post offices around China and any complete sheets were sent to the priinters for surcharging. Any 9ca. sheet returned would have had the tête-bêche column removed, probably by the postal authorites or, possibly, by the printers. It is apparent that a few of these returned sheets did not have the offending first column removed. The 10c. surcharge, setting B, was used for the 12ca. complete sheets of twenty five stamps. It was this surcharge which was applied to these few complete sheets of 9ca. The corner stamps, being inverted, received the surcharge upside-down. One proposed suggestion was tha the printers inadvertantly removed the right column instead of the left. This is not true as the surcharge matches position [21] of setting B., not the corner surcharge used for the other 9ca. sheets. Thus these stamps with inverted surcharge must be overprinted with the surcharge position [21] of the 10c. on 12ca. surcharge. There are no obvious distinguishing features of this position but there are a few small variations. The most apparent is a small spur on the top right of the "1" character provenance: Sir Percival David, July 1970 literature: The Empress Dowager Birthday Commemorative Issues and Surcharges, Chan Shiu Hon, 1994 (illustrated page 96) Only four examples of this stamp have been recorded, two unused and two used. Some doubts had been raised about the aithenticity of the other unused example but close examination shows similarities of the surcharge. Note that the large margins (at the foot of the printed sheet) result in the surcharge being printed lower on the design. The other examples Pane 1 Unused Wilson Te auction, Pane 4 Used with Shanghai Dollar Dater E.H. Finegan, October 1937 Sir Percival David, November 1969 Warren Kauder, November 1971 Dr Chang Min Sheng Pane 2 Used with pa-kua Sir Percival David, November 1969 Shanghai Universal auction, April 2015

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 731
Auktion:
Datum:
18.01.2019
Auktionshaus:
Spink
Spink China
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