Lot
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Wei Hai Wei, 1898, First Issue, 5¢ Black on Red, Handstamped "C & Co., WHW", Two Strikes, One Inverted, with "Courier Post" and value tablets in hand, without gum, deep color, Very Fine; signed G.K. Ferguson on reverse. Livingston No. 2a. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A RARE VARIETY OF THE WEI HAI WEI LOCAL POST 5¢ FIRST ISSUE.
Realized: $1,100