Lot# 8026

The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342   December 16th - 19th 2023, Hong Kong

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Lot# 8026
Starting Price: 1,500 HK$
Hammer Price: 6,000 HK$
A group of five C.I.P. 4th stationery cards, 3 unused new cards and the other 2 sent in real use in Jan 1913,

3 unused new cards with different plate variations or shifts (size: 91x138mm, 91.5x135.5mm, 91x136.5mm). Amongst them, 2 cards have separated green T-lines in the middle, and one has a major upward shift of text and postage symbols, which is rare. The remaining 2 cards are sent in real use. One was sent from Ningsiang Hunan to Norway via Hunan Jingjiang. The postage symbol of the other stationery card is overprinted with "Republic of China", cancelled with a Kianfu English-Chinese bilingual waist frame stamp (the ninth day of the first month of the second year) sent to Milan, Italy, transferred to the Peking French P.O. (21 Jan 1913) via the Siberian route to Europe, but with a missing stamp and card in yellowish. 

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