Can Someone Please Help Identify This Mint Chinese Stamp?

what is the difference if any from auction cat?

spelled wrong..kelleher and Rogers in Hong Kong.

The stamp in the Kelleher & Rogers auction is Scott China #C42 (perf 14). Your stamp is definitely not perf 14, and is either #C45 or #C50, both of which are either minimum value or near minimum catalog value stamps.

On rare or high premium stamps, one cannot always just ID by the design. Sometimes, the reason it is so valuable is because of non-obvious issues of paper, perforation, watermark, color shade... varieties.

Thank you for informing what perforations required..but I have seen one more from the same auction. I am checking different stamps which got from stock book.Lot # 567, China, 1946, Chungking Dah Tung, surcharge on martyr, H.K. printing, Scott 714..

That's another one that you cannot determine just from the picture. The valuable variety is watermarked. The unwatermarked stamp is very very common.

You have to check the catalog listings. The auction catalogs don't always tell you why their listing is the valuable variety. As in this case, they simply give you the catalog number and expect you to either know it already, or to look it up in the catalog.

Blazenstar, I checked and sure enough it is a fairly high priced stamp. I do not know the discrepancy between the Scott numbers though, there must be more than one variety.
I have to say this, the Kelleher stamp is pretty, yours looks like something the cat dragged in. It is an awful looking stamp and would not even bring a fraction of the "thousands"! By the way, I believe the Hong Kong dollar is something like thirteen US cents!

Peter

The U.S. dollar buys about 7.5 Hong Kong dollars these days.

Don

Thanks Peter for such a kind assessment..lol..agreed about faint color, but checking more from the mixed bunch. I have had worse stamps in appearances. when sorting them, look for different things like other collectors. not always in pristine conditions.it still worth more than 10 cent purchase.
See, I did not contribute to that forum posting a few days ago of worse stamps, but you have to admit better than some of the others posted.At least no tears and intact perforations ..I will keep it along with others with surcharges..

Thanks Don for your comment as well! appreciate it!
Warm regards,
Blazenstar