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VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENTS ON 24-CANDAREEN LARGE DOWAGER SURCHARGE WITH NARROW SPACING FROM THE SHANGHAI THIRD PRINTING. EASILY ONE OF THE FINEST KNOWN EXAMPLES OF ONE OF THE RAREST REGULARLY ISSUED DOWAGER SURCHARGES.
Our review of other examples offered are plagued with a combination of a) poor centering, b) rough perforations and c) various degrees of faults. This example is remarkably devoid of these maladies.
With 2017 Frumkin certificate. (Image)
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VERY FINE. A REMARKABLE ONE-CENT RED REVENUE COVER USED WITH 2-CENT LARGE DOWAGERS, GOING VIA THE JAPANESE POST OFFICE TO THE UNITED STATES. THIS MAJOR MIXED COMBINATION RARITY WAS RECENTLY DISCOVERED AND IS OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME. ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST HANDSOME RED REVENUE COVERS IN EXISTENCE.
On February 20, 1897, a new national postal service was inaugurated. Prior to this, an order was made with a printer in Japan for the new stamps. Unfortunately, the printer was unable to supply the stamps in time for the inauguration. Prior to this in 1896, 650,000 Red Revenues had been ordered for a new proposed taxation. Quickly abandoned due to public outcry, these stamps lay dormant in Shanghai. They were pressed into service with new overprints for postal use.
Interestingly enough, this cover was posted from Chungking (Chongqing) on Sept. 27, just days prior to the change in treaty that took affect on Oct. 1. By the time this cover arrived at the Japanese Post Office in Shanghai, the rate to the United States went from 5 sen to 10 sen - hence the Postage Due charge. This is one of the few covers known caught between rate changes as well as a Red Revenue stamp used in combination with U.S. Postage Due.
This cover emanated from an old New England collection formed in the 1920s and 1930s and is offered for the first time. (Image)