Lot# 8019

comprising two blocks of four (Perf 11½) showing partial foreign watermarks “LOND” and “ING &,” and one horizontal strip of three (Perf 12, narrow setting) cancelled by “FORMOSAN REPUBLIC / TAINAN” double-ring English datestamp. This group combines three key elements: watermarked paper, perforation variations, and a genuine postal usage example, providing valuable evidence of the printing materials and techniques employed during the final phase of the Republic’s postal administration. Finely preserved and well-matched in condition, this assembly offers significant reference for the study of the Formosan Republic’s late printing practices and postal history. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.276.