China 1897 12ca orange-yellow 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress, SG32 Airmail Stamps Louis adopted the sun as

Louis adopted the sun as his own personal emblem

Wellington signs crisply below the text

likely to be from different printings

and Lucius Caesar

China 1897 12ca orange-yellow 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress, SG32 Airmail Stamps Louis adopted the sun asChina 1897 12ca orange yellow 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress from the unissued second printing, SG32. A fine and fresh mint example, exceptionally with large part original gum. A particularly rare stamp and the "key value" of this popular Chinese Empire issue. This printing was made for surcharging in the new currency and was therefore never issued for postage.