Name: China 1897 large figure surcharges on Dowager Empress, second printing, set of 9 to 30c on 24ca, SG57/65
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China 1897 large figure surcharges on Dowager Empress, second printing, set of 9 to 30c on 24ca, SG57/65

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China 1897 large figure surcharges on Dowager Empress, second printing, set of 9 to 30c on 24ca, SG57/65China 1897 (Mar) large figure surcharges, spaced 2. 5mm, on Dowager Empress second printing, set of 9 to 30c on 24ca deep rose red, SG57 65. A fine mint set with large part original gum. The Dowager Empress stamps were the very first commemorative stamps issued by China to celebrate the 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress, one of the most powerful women in the history of China. Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: 3,300. BUY NOW: Order online, by phone

watermark w43 upright

showing light signs of use

This celebratory pamphlet and menu is signed on the cover by Twain in fine brown/black ink

De La Rue affixed the current 1d (SG24) and 2½d (SG25) in the upper line

Monroe had also famously outshone the Duchess of Windsor on the red carpet at the April in Paris Ball at the Waldorf Astoria

Some gum disturbance from hinge removal

A rare King Edward VII stamp as only 720 were issued

And notably

A couple of shortish perforations

with the contents attractively written in violet ink

variety WATERMARK SIDEWAYS INVERTED

This is the first printing on thin surfaced paper in a splendid block of 4