Lot# 8009

comprising three unused singles and three unused blocks of four, all printed on imported European wove paper. 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. This 100 Cash value, printed at Tainan in September 1895, was the highest denomination of the Third Issue (Die III), intended primarily for external correspondence or heavier domestic postage. The stamps show noticeable variation in color intensity, reflecting natural differences resulting from the hand-inking and manual press process, with slightly irregular perforations typical of this issue. The group as a whole fully illustrates the range of printing and typographic variations of the Third Issue 100 Cash, making it an important and rare assemblage for the study of the Taiwan Republic’s final postal emissions. Ex Meiso Mizuhara Collection.