Sale #48 - Hong Kong & Treaty Ports

Hong Kong, 1891 14c. on 30c. mauve, variety antique "t" in "cents" [1], mint, part to large part original gum, good colour, fresh, reperforated at left (originally a wing margin copy), very fine appearance. S.G. 44a cat. £2750.
Estimate HK$ 5,000 - 6,000
Gurevitch notes that the wing margin examples of the variety (which come from plate 1) are scarcer than normal examples, indicating that plate 2 may have also been used for the surcharging.