Lot 121
Hong Kong Revenue $800 franking Used on piece

Revenue & Telegraph Stamps of the World | 5954
Auction: 21 November 2023 at 09:30 GMT
£1,440
Description
Bill of Exchange: 1951 (12 May) Stamp Duty $500 black, $200 and $100 red, each with handstamped overprint, the $500 and $200 showing ‘B OF E’ (Barefoot type K) and the $100 with ‘BILL OF/ EXCHANGE’ (Barefoot Type P1), tied to small document piece by complete ‘TREASURY/REVENUE BRANCH’ oval hs in blue dated ‘12 MAY 1951’. An absolutely extraordinary and previously unknown showpiece of Hong Kong revenue philately, with the $500 overprint not recorded in any literature to date, and excessively rare even without overprint! Truly superb.

