Description: This vintage definitive postage stamp from the Republic of China features a monochromatic orange-vermilion intaglio design printed on a textured, light cream paper stock. The central artwork features a highly detailed, engraved bust portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the celebrated founding father of modern China, looking forward. Spanning across the upper horizontal border is an elegant inscription panel housing traditional Chinese characters that read from right to left as "Postal Administration of the Republic of China" (中華民國郵政). The lower boundary contains a clean denomination tablet displaying the western digits "200" on the left, accented with two smaller underlined zeros to indicate cents, which balances with the traditional script on the right reading "Two Hundred Yuan" (貳佰圓). The entire composition is enclosed by standard rectangular framing lines, bounded by precise comb perforations, and remains in an uncancelled, pristine mint condition.
Circa: 1948-1949
Condition: Unused - Hinged
Notes:
This 20,000-yuan vermilion stamp represents a critical step in the Dah Tung Book Company printings from Shanghai, showing the rapid jump in face values from the earlier base denominations.