[attach]206320[/attach] China, 1897 (31 July) "E.L. Mondon" corner card envelope to Chinkiang (2.8) bearing large figures surcharge 1½mm. setting on Dowager 1st printing 2c. on 2ca. green horizontal pair, one stamp also basic stamp variety of "Flying Bat", deep rich colour exemplificative of the first printing, mainly large margins, slightly pulled perf. at left, characteristic centring to lower left, cancelled by "Shanghai" dollar dater in brown, extremely fine and in the very top echelon of rarities of the Ching Dynasty. Irrefutably the most important Dowager cover extant; of the highest exhibition calibre. Chan 67.
Auction Record
Sotheby's (Hong Kong), 29.4.96, lot 271.
Estimate HK$ 2,500,000 - 3,000,000
References: Chan Shiu Hon, The Empress Dowager Birthday Commemorative Issues and Surcharges (Hong Kong), p. 123.
THE ONLY RECORDED MULTIPLE OF THE "EMERALD LADY".
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE "EMERALD LADY" ON COVER.作者: 麦国培 时间: 2010-6-24 00:21
不知此封卖多钱啊