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Auction: 16012 - Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collections, The Chinese Customs Post
Lot: 1535

China
1878-83 The Large Dragon Issue
1905 Mencarini Presentation Proofs
1ca., 3ca. and 5c. in sheetlets of four printed in deep blue-black on thicker wove paper. Fine and rare, only two sets of sheetlets remain intact.


The 1 candareen is in the format [11-3/1-13] and clearly show the positional varieties break in left value tablet [13], break in top left corner [3], dent in left frame [1] and broken "C", "I" and "1" [13].


The 3 candareen is in the format [13-10/18-1] and clearly show the positional varieties thick bottom frameline [13], thin "3" [10], broken top left corner and proof dot [18] and broken fin [1].


The 5ca. is in the format [3-25/8-7] and show the varieties proof dot [3], dot under right leg of dah [8] and broken "C" [7].

provenance: Sir Percival David, July 1970,

Warren G. Kauder, November 1971



Mr Juan Mencarini was a member of the Statistical Department of the Customs Office in Shangahai. He discovered, in a department safe, some clichés which he made into the three blocks of four stamps and was given permission to make some impressions. He printed three sheets of each value. Only two sets of complete sheets are known, the other set was included in the Starr collection, and there must be four sets of singles.

Sold for
HK$320,000