Sale #47 Single lots: Asia, Thematics, Overseas, Europe

China - Lokalausgaben / Local Post: Tungkuan, 1896 (ca.), "Tung Kun Local Post", 20 cash pale vermil
Tungkuan, 1896 (ca.), "Tung Kun Local Post", 20 cash pale vermilion (first report in this colour, previously known only in dull light blue) on pale yellow thin wove paper, very fine unused, a very rare example of one of China's most mysterious stamps. Origin and status have never been explained. From a pre-WWII collection.
- Reference: Charles W. Dougan, The Shanghai Postal System. The Stamps and Postal History. State College, 1981, p. 211. - Auction reports for the pale blue version: the pair with E.N. Lane, Sotheby's and Corinphila (Hong Kong), 10/1997 lot 1323 and again Interasia 11/2014 #4323 (real. HK$115k) and single with Feldman #51996.
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