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General Philatelic/Identify This? : Hong Kong Sc 117 or 128?

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snowy12
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03 Jan 2017
10:03:23pm

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Hi
Could someone please clarify which of the two numbers this stamp is.
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Thanks in advance Brian

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michael78651
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04 Jan 2017
06:06:37am
re: Hong Kong Sc 117 or 128?

It is Type II, making it Scott #128.

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snowy12
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04 Jan 2017
08:29:29am

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re: Hong Kong Sc 117 or 128?

Thanks Michael
I just wasn't sure,nice find in a junk box ,a quick check in Stanley Gibbons gives it a cat value of £250-00 and it's MNH.
Brian

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michael78651
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04 Jan 2017
07:31:02pm
re: Hong Kong Sc 117 or 128?

The key for the two types is the upper character in the left side frame. There is what appears to be a slanted "T".

Type I has a cross bar forming an "X" at the bottom of the slanted "T".

Type II does not have the cross bar.

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