Lot# 8008

comprising one unused (faulty) and one used single, together with three unused blocks of four, all printed in red ink on imported European wove paper. The design depicts a crouching tiger, emblem of the Formosan Republic, symbolizing the spirit of courage, self-reliance, and resistance in defense of the homeland. This 50 Cash value, printed at Tainan in September 1895, represents the middle denomination of the Third Issue (Die III). Each stamp was hand-inked and impression-pressed, showing slight variations in shade and minor irregularities in perforation, characteristic of this hand-produced issue. The group provides a comprehensive representation of the printing and typographic varieties of the 50 Cash denomination, serving as an important reference for the study of the late postal operations of the Taiwan Republic. Ex Meiso Mizuhara Collection.