Sale 78 China and other Asian Countries

China, 1897 Small Surcharge on Dowager 1st printing ½c. on 3ca. orange-yellow horizontal pair, left basic stamp showing retouched "3", centrally cancelled by "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring d.s. (18.2.97) in brown, and ½c. on 3ca. orange-yellow horizontal pair, left stamp variety fraction bar and "2" of "½" omitted, cancelled by "Customs/Canton" double-ring d.s., both pairs are cancelled on Feb. 18 1897, fine to very fine. Chan 37, g, i.
Estimate HK$ 1,200 - 1,500