The 2024 Winter Auction - Sale 344 - Day 3

1897 Dowager, New Currency Surcharges, Large Figures Surcharge, Narrow Setting, Third Printing.½ c on 3cd. dull yellow, variety imperforate between horizontal pair, large part original gum; the perforations have been trimmed wide at foot suggesting that this pair is from the foot of the pane [19-20]. A rare and important variety, so far only 4 unused and one used pair have been recorded. Chans 74i; S.G. 78e. Spink Auction, November 1997 Paramount Collection, December 2017

1897年慈壽票，新幣大字加蓋窄版，第三版印刷，½c 於 3ca 暗黃，變體，水平成對中縫漏齒，大部分原膠；底部的齒孔顯著較寬，表明這對郵票可能來自面版的底部 [19-20]。為一稀有且重要的變體，至今僅記錄到4對未使用及1對已使用的。陳目 74i；S.G. 78e。 出自Spink拍賣（1997年11月） 出自 Paramount 收藏（2017年12月）