Wed (FINAL) HK033-Main without code (Feb-6)

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1515 1892 Surcharges ‘Two Cents’ on 40 cents ochre surcharge inverted variety, block of 8 mint full original gum with one hinge remain in margin and tone spot on back of one stamp. Very fine and extremely rare multiple. SG 49a. Photo P rovenance Spink, March 1997 Patrick Cassels, November 2006 Walter Bickly collection, Spink July 2011 HK$ 50,000 - 60,000 1516

1892 Surcharges ‘Six Cents’ on 16 cents grey with top margin, surcharge sideways variety (reading up), mint full original gum lightly hinged, very fine. RPS certificate No 17,791 not present. Provenance: Walter Bickly collection, Spink 2011. SG 50b. Photo HK$ 6,500 - 7,000 1517 1894-96 Pictorials 1 cent grey-mauve vertical pair, imperforate between and between stamp and margin variety, cancelled to order. Only one sheet was printed with this variety so only ten pairs can exist. Rare. P rovenance: Walter Bickly collection, Spink 2011. SG62a. Photo HK$ 6,000 - 7,000 1518

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1894-96 Pictorials 1 cents grey-mauve vertical pair, imperforate between variety, mint full original gum with two hinge remains, one of which covers a long tear running between the two stamps. Only one sheet was printed with this variety so only ten pairs can exist. Rare. Provenance: Walter Bickly collection, Spink 2011. SG 62ba. Photo HK$ 2,600 - 3,000 1519

1894-96 Pictorials 2c blue block of 6 with bottom margin, imperforate variety, mint full original gum with two light hinge remants, small scissor cut in top right corner. The largest recorded multiple, very fine and rare. Provenance: Walter Bickly collection, Spink 2011 . SG63a. Photo HK$ 10,000 - 12,000 1520 1895 (June) surcharges, 4 cents to 40 cents on $1 complete set of 5 in blocks of four, mint full original gum hinged (some in margins), 20 cents blocks is toned others are very fine. Provenance: Walter Bickly collection, Spink 2011. SG75-79. Photo HK$ 3,500 - 4,000

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