China 1896 (Shanghai) Kewkiang Local Post 5c slate-blue/yellow-ochre Postage Due overprint type D9, error OVERPRINT INVERTED, SGD27a.
A fine mint example with large part original gum
A scarce overprint error, especially so fine.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £350.
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.
