Lot 1137
1137
on piece $1 on 96c. grey-black without Chinese character, used on part hair packet front to San Francisco with 10c. blue, 20c. on 30c. grey-green, $1 on 96c. grey-black with Chinese character and $5 on $10 Postal Fiscal, each cancelled by double-ring "VICTORIA/HONG KONG" c.d.s. dated 1903 (7 Mar.). A great rarity of Victorian Hong Kong philately. B.P.A. Certificate (1999). Photo

Details
on piece $1 on 96c. grey-black without Chinese character, used on part hair packet front to San Francisco with 10c. blue, 20c. on 30c. grey-green, $1 on 96c. grey-black with Chinese character and $5 on $10 Postal Fiscal, each cancelled by double-ring "VICTORIA/HONG KONG" c.d.s. dated 1903 (7 Mar.). A great rarity of Victorian Hong Kong philately. B.P.A. Certificate (1999). Photo
Provenance
Ryohei Ishikawa, 1980
Sale room notice
The two $1 on 96c. stamps are not in the true colours of grey-black. The presence of the Chinese characters on one indicate that either the stammps may have discoloured from grey-black or this is a previously unrecorded example of the $1 on 96c. grey-olive with Chinese characters. In view of this uncertainty, an extension will be allowed on this lot.