China 1897 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress SG31

China 1897 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress SG31China 1897 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress, from unissued second printing, 9ca yellow green, SG31. Well centred and very fresh example with traces of original gum. A sought after Chinese Empire stamp, very rarely seen. This printing was made for surcharging in the new currency, and genuinely used examples are unknown. The SG catalogue price is 7,500. ALERT ME WHEN ANOTHER IS AVAILABLE > SELL ONE OF THESE >

Features a blue Ambleside circular date stamp on reverse

The renowned "Cotton Reel" stamps are named for their resemblance to the base of a cotton reel

Housed in a 19 x 19 inch frame

75 x 3 inch album page signed by Albert Einstein in 1925

After the Union of Crowns in 1707 the arms of England and Scotland are combined in the same shield twice (per pale) rather than as formerly

and used her profound influence among France's creative elite to ensure that it was hung in a prominent spot of the 1879 Salon exhibition

fresh original gum

This is an opportunity to acquire a large number of works from an underappreciated figure in British painting

One of the finest examples of the iconic and rare 1878 £1 brown-lilac

a letter in which Washington argues in support of the adoption of the proposed new Constitution sold for $3

"The small virgin in white

The photograph measures 28 x 36cm