early impression (close to earliest) on medium yellowish paper
Accompanied with a Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) certificate of authenticity (1980) for a block of nine from which this block originated
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The Whistling Swans design is that of China but without any indication of value
during his famous visit to New York
China 1948-49 'Chinese Postal Administration, Guangdong Posts & Telegraphs' $100 on $4f yellow-olive surcharge error, SG NE53a Sarawak stamps early impression (close to earliest)China 1948 (Nov) 49 Chinese Postal Administration, Guangdong Posts & Telegraphs' $100 on 4f yellow olive, error surcharge inverted, surcharged type NE19, SGNE53a, Yang AD48a. A fine used example and the only used example we have ever encountered of this major Chinese rarity. A very rare inverted surcharge error as only one sheet of 100 originally existed. Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: 4,500 (for mint examples) with used examples not priced in the