紅花 small one dollar.

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홍콩의 경매회사인 인터아시아 옥션 주최의 우표 경매에서 청나라 때 발행된 중국 우표 1점이 552만홍콩달러에 거래됐다.

이 우표는 1897년 2월 발행된 것으로, 흰색 바탕에 붉은색 문양과 함께 `대청우정'(大淸郵政) `當壹圓' `1dollar'이라는

검은색 글씨가 새겨져 있다.

이 우표는 경매예정가가 250만홍콩달러에서 300만홍콩달러로 책정됐으나, 이보다 훨씬 높은 가격에 경매됐다고...

註: 미즈하라는 이 우표를 3장 소장했다. 그 중 하나는 끝에 마침표가 없는 無點이 있었다.

1980년대 초 4~5천만원 했던 것으로 기억하는데 최근 10억원에 낙찰되었다는 소식도 있다.

중국-자유중국 에서는 이 우표들을 추적하여 책자로 펴냈다.

첨가쇄를 하지않은 紅花수입인지 미사용 1장에 6000만원에 낙찰되기도.

"1897 Red Revenue Small One Dollar" stamp sells for $970,000 at auction

ONE of China's rarest stamps, which once cost a dollar and was scrapped for being too small, has sold for $970,000 at auction.

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July 3, 2013 - 11:40PM

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ONE of China's rarest stamps sold for $HK6.9 million ($970,000) at auction in Hong Kong.

With just 32 recorded copies, the Qing Dynasty "1897 Red Revenue Small One Dollar" stamp is "China's rarest regularly-issued stamp", Interasia Auctions said in a press release.

The bright red stamp, symbolising luck and good fortune in Chinese culture, is rare because the characters "Qing Dynasty postal service, one dollar" were considered too small, prompting the printing of a second version.

The stamp was part of a three-day auction of Chinese, Hong Kong and Asian stamps which ended Monday bringing in a total of $HK71.9 million, Interasia said.

"Philately has a special place in Chinese culture, with rare stamps regarded as important cultural icons and treasures, just like art," auction house director Jeffrey Schneider said in the statement.

A pair of rare stamps bearing an accidentally inverted picture of Chinese nationalist leader Sun Yat-sen sold for more than $US700,000 ($760,000) in Hong Kong last October.

Mainland Chinese are regular buyers of the top lots at sales of art, jewellery and wine as Hong Kong positions itself as an auction hub for Asia as well as the gateway to China's vast market.