Sale #44 - China and Other Asian Countries

China, 1897 Large Wide Surcharge on Dowager 2nd printing 1c. on 1ca. red-orange interpanneau block of ten (5 x 2) with interpane margin at left and between 4th and 5th stamps, variety imperforate vertically between 1st and 2nd stamps, forming a block of four imperforate vertically containing two horizontal imperforate between pairs, the lower two stamps of which are also variety "no stop" after "cent", cancelled by "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring d.s. of "Mar 24 1897" in brown, extremely fine and a phenomenal block containing this variety. Chan 57e.
Estimate HK$ 100,000 - 120,000
Provenance: J. King Horner, Christie's Robson Lowe (Zurich), 7.5.86, lot 2180
Anna-Lisa and Sven-Eric Beckeman, Sotheby's & Corinphila (Hong Kong), 14.5.98, lot A75
M.F. Huang, Zurich Asia (Hong Kong), 21.6.03, lot 287.
This block originally formed the lower two rows of an interpanneau block of twenty in the Sir Percival David collection (Robson Lowe 19.3.66, lot 1695), which was subsequently split up.