InterAsia auction house is to conduct its next public sale on June 23-24, 2019. This great auction offers a wide range of some of the rarest items of Asian philately that are sought after by collectors. One of the highlights of this spectacular sale is China 1923 surcharge in red 2c. on 3c. blue-green, variety surcharge inverted. This is one of the most elusive of the "Four Treasures of the Republic"collection, a distinctive and highly desirable philatelic item.
There are probably less than twenty examples known of this variety. According to contemporary reports, thirteen of these stamps were acquired at the port of Wanhsien in July, 1924, by Dr. A. Germain, the medical officer on the French gunboat "Balny". He applied two of these stamps to separate covers which he mailed to himself locally and sold ten mint stamps to the famous French stamp dealer Theodore Champion. The auction house described this impressive lot as “typically centred just to lower right, fine unused with usual "dried" original gum, a few faintly foxed perfs. and trivial greyish area on reverse at lower left”.
1923 2c on 3c inverted surcharge is expected to realise $76,569 or even more!
