China 1897 (Shanghai) Kewkiang Local Post ½c red/yellow Postage Due overprint type D9, error with OVERPRINT INVERTED, SGD24a.
A very fine mint example with original gum.
A rare inverted overprint error.
Kewkiang is located in Kiangsi Province, 458 miles up the Yangtse River from Shanghai. It was opened to foreign trade by the Treaty of Tientsin in 1858. The Kewkiang Local Post was established 1 June 1894.
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