Lot# 8006

comprising two blocks of 50 Cash in red, one block of 30 Cash in blue, and one block of 100 Cash in violet, all printed at Tainan in September 1895. Each stamp is printed in hand-applied ink on imported European wove paper, perforated 11½, featuring the symbolic crouching tiger design, emblem of the Formosan Republic, representing the spirit of courage, self-reliance, and resistance in defense of the homeland. This group forms a complete representation of the Third Issue (Die III) of the “Tiger” series, illustrating the final phase of Taiwan’s independent postal system before the Japanese occupation. Exceptionally well preserved, with clear impressions and full original gum, it is one of the most significant and display-worthy issues in the philately of the Formosan Republic. Ex Meiso Mizuhara Collection.