Lot 1148
1900, 3pf-80pf Tientsin provisional handstamps (17-23), the seven issued values plus the unissued 40pf, 2mk and 3mk, all mounted inside the flyleaf of a book entitled Unsere Marine in China [Our Navy in China] by Alfred von Müller. The 2mk is overprinted horizontally rather than diagonally, all stamps are fresh and well preserved and have been affixed to the page by their own gum (the 50pf, having come loose from the page, has been hinged back into place). A Very Fine and exceedingly rare presentation. Only the 40pf is priced by Michel, and that at €50,000 ($69,000). Michel 8-14, II-IV.
Estimate 300,000 - 400,000
BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF ONLY TWO SUCH BOOKS IN COLLECTORS' HANDS.
Expertization: The lower left corner of the page has been initialed "AF" by German Colonial expert Alfred Friedemann. In addition there are current certificates from Wolfgang Jakubek (2005) and Bernard Behr, Jean-François Brun, Experts & Consultants Limited of Hong Kong and Roger Calves (all 2006).
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