China 1899 (Shanghai) Wei Hai Wei Courier Post 2c scarlet and 5c emerald, SG3a, 4b Sports A Superb Mint Left-Hand Marginal

A Superb Mint Left-Hand Marginal Example

The note is written in another hand

showing error 'G

A very fine unmounted mint with full original gum example of this rare and famous error of value accompanied by normal for comparison

China 1899 (Shanghai) Wei Hai Wei Courier Post 2c scarlet and 5c emerald, SG3a, 4b Sports A Superb Mint Left-Hand MarginalChina 1899 (Shanghai) Wei Hai Wei Courier Post 2c scarlet and 5c emerald, SG3a, 4b. A fine unused pair with part original gum, typo printing. The 5c with a few short perforations. Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: 1,300. Wei Hai Wei is located in Shantung Province. Along with the nearby island of Liu Kung Tau, it was leased to Great Britain in July 1898. The postal services there were inadequate and G. L. Ferguson of Conabe & Co. introduced an overland