Lot# 8005

printed in blue ink on imported European wove paper, perforated 11½. The design features a crouching tiger, emblem of the Formosan Republic, symbolizing the spirit of courage, self-reliance, and resistance in defense of the homeland. The stamp clearly shows a double impression, visible in the overlapping frame lines and inscriptions, caused by slight movement of the plate during hand-press printing, making it a rare printing anomaly among Taiwan Republic issues. This 30 Cash value represents the lowest denomination of the Third Issue (Die III), printed at Tainan in September 1895, hand-inked and impression-pressed on European wove paper, intended for local correspondence during the Republic’s short-lived postal operation. Combining both a printing variety and genuine postal usage, this is a highly significant and rare example from the closing phase of the Taiwan Republic postal system, of great historical and philatelic importance. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.273.