HK036 - Main catalogue

Postage Due Stamps

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415 1904 Overprinted ‘POSTAGE DUE’ on Coiling Dragon 1/2c large block of 20, with bilingual ‘PEKING/13.3.05’ CTO, very fresh. Chan D1. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000 416 1904 Overprinted ‘POSTAGE DUE’ on Coiling Dragon 1/2c with right sheet margin, tied by full strike of ‘WEST SZECHWAN/ WANHSIEN’ char. Lunar cds, with char. index ( 甲辰 ) fine used. Chan D1. Photo HK$ 400 - 500 417 1904 Overprinted ‘POSTAGE DUE’ on CIP Coiling Dragon 5c rose imperforate left margin. Unmounted mint full original gum. Very fresh copy, not listed in Chan catalogue. Chan D5var. Photo HK$ 5,000 - 6,000 418 1904 (7 July) A postage due cover to Peking local, bearing Coiling Dragon 1/2c brown and opt. ‘Postage Due’ on Coiling Dragon 1c and 2c x 6, all tied by bilingual ‘PEKING’ cds. Fine. Photo HK$ 8,000 - 9,000

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419 1904 Postage Due 1st London print, 1/2c blue complete panel 10 x 5, dry gum and few light toned spots on both sides, still fresh. Chan D7. Photo HK$ 3,500 - 4,000 420 1905 (6 Sept.) A Postage Due picture postcard from Kulangsu ( 鼓浪嶼 ) to England, bearing CIP Coiling Dragon 1c, 2c in pair, and London print Postage Due stamps 1/2c, 1c and 5c, both tied by bilingual ‘AMOY’ cds. And char. ‘FUKIEN/KULANGSU’ ‘ 鼓浪 嶼 ’ Lunar cds. with ‘HONG KONG/12.9.05’ transit, on front with ‘CORK/14.12.05’ arrival cds. Photo HK$ 15,000 - 18,000

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