The booklet had to be re-listed by the seller, as the buyer ignored the payment details and wanted to pay by foreign cheque (yeah, right).
So it has gone back up at £5,250; Buy It Now with 'Make an offer'.
Well this is a strange coincidence! Not one but two rare Hong Kong China overprint booklets listed at the same time on Bay but from two different sellers.
In all the years I have been on eBay, I have never seen one of these listed. Now two have appeared.
This Stanley Gibbons SB1 differs from the one that sold earlier for £970, in that it retains 13 of the 20 stamps intact. The seller claims this booklet has not been previously recorded and is the most complete SB1 seen. SG lists this at £6,500. It is actually a very good example:
To help promote the listing, the seller added a short Youtube video. A smart move.
The booklet was listed as item number: 321895275031. You can link to it here: Booklet SB1
It sold for £3,250; $4,800.
re: Hong Kong-China: Yet another rare booklet sells on eBay but is re-listed.
The booklet had to be re-listed by the seller, as the buyer ignored the payment details and wanted to pay by foreign cheque (yeah, right).
So it has gone back up at £5,250; Buy It Now with 'Make an offer'.