China 1897 (May) Dowager Empress third printing SG78d Saint Christopher stamps The pencil sketch has been

The pencil sketch has been drawn on a sheet of off-white card measuring 5½" x 7½"

being one of only ten covers recorded with the November 1895 issue

very fine and fresh

Superb unmounted mint example with full original gum

A very fine used four margin example lettered IG

China 1897 (May) Dowager Empress third printing SG78d Saint Christopher stamps The pencil sketch has beenChina 1897 (May) large figure surcharge, 'spaced 1 1 2mm', on Dowager Empress third printing, 1 2c on 3ca dull yellow, variety surcharge spaced only 1 2mm. Fine used by a part dollar chop in blue. The Dowager Empress stamps were the very first commemorative stamps issued by China to celebrate the 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress, one of the most powerful women in the history of China. This stamp is a very rare variety of this popular stamp issue,