Lot# 8013

comprising 30c blue, 50c red, and 100c violet, tied by double-ring “FORMOSAN REPUBLIC / TAINAN” English datestamp dated 1895 SEP 10. Printed in Tainan, this second issue shows finer engraving and whiter, stronger paper than the first issue, produced barely a month before the fall of the Republic. An outstanding and representative issue from the final phase of the short-lived Formosan Republic postal administration, all struck with matching same-date cancellations and exceptionally preserved. An important reference for the study of plate varieties and postal operations of the Republic. Ex Meiso Mizuhara Collection.