The CoAs reads: 

"China 1997 SG No N/A. Sample stamp - without country or value designation - in a design similar to the Tang Dynasty Painting issue of 1984 - printed in China in 1997 - on a Goebel press - is a local printer's sample."

and: 

"1997, China PRC essay "Tang Dynasty Painting" without country name or face value, printed with a printing press sold by the company Goebel located in Darmstadt (Germany) to the Chinese Post. The original sheet of this essay shows in the top margin the 1997 date of impression and the country name "China". Goebel was one of the largest manufacturer of printing presses in the world, the PRC post was one of their customers. This essay design was used to test the machine sold to China, by its purpose it is quite similar to the 1969 PRC Red Lantern essay (also without face value), but this 1997 essay is much rarer. We only know of 2 sheets of this essay. Singles from these 2 sheets have sold in the past for 120-200 EURO each."

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Abbreviations we use: 

MNH = Mint Never Hinged (ie. Unmounted Mint, UMM); 

M(L)H = Mint (Lightly) Hinged (ie. (Lightly) Mounted Mint, MM), 

MNGAI = Mint No Gum As Issued, NH = Never Hinged, H = Hinged

CTO = Canceled to order, ie. Used. OG = Original Gum, RG = Regummed.

Small 'a' before a qualifier means 'about', ie: aF = about Fine, aVF/XF = about Very Fine / Extra Fine

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