China 1897 2ca dull yellow-green 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress Second Printing, SG26 Saudi Arabia stamps hence why watermarking was soon

hence why watermarking was soon introduced

Accompanied with a Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) certificate of authenticity (1974)

An ex Stanley Gibbons stock item with a Catalogue value of £4

five of the six new values

A very fine unused bottom marginal imperforate example printed in carmine-red

China 1897 2ca dull yellow-green 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress Second Printing, SG26 Saudi Arabia stamps hence why watermarking was soonChina 1897, SG26 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress (Unissued Second Printing from new stones, thin whiter paper) A rare and desirable unused example of the 1897 2ca dull yellow green issue commemorating the 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress. From the unissued second printing Fresh appearance with no gum, as often found A good representative example of this elusive issue The Dowager Empress stamps were the very first commemorative stamps issued