The 2025 December Auction - Sale 346 (December 13 - December 16, 2025)
Sale 346
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with “DORLING Co. LONDON” watermark. Rare large multiple.
a remarkable historical assemblage featuring three used “Tiger” stamps of 1895 Taiwan Republic (30c Blue, 50c Red, and 100c Violet), each cancelled by “FORMOSAN REPUBLIC / TAINAN” double-circle datestamp, mounted alongside a contemporary New York Herald Tribune article by correspondent Davidson, describing the postal issues and administration of the short-lived Republic under Black Flag Chief Liu Yongfu. A unique pairing of philatelic and journalistic documentation reflecting international awareness of the Formosan Republic postal system.
tied by a struck of double-circle English datestamp “FORMOSAN REPUBLIC / TAINAN”, dated September 12, 1895.
tied by a struck of double-circle English datestamp “FORMOSAN REPUBLIC / TAINAN”, dated August 29, 1895.
tied by a struck of double-circle English datestamp “FORMOSAN REPUBLIC / TAINAN”, dated October 7, 1895.
comprising both unused and used examples of 30c Green, 50c Red, and 100c Blue.
both unused and with wide space printing. Hinged. VF-F.
