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Auction: 16012 - Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collections, The Chinese Customs Post
Lot: 1537

China
1878-83 The Large Dragon Issue
1882 Wide Setting
1ca. sage-green [4], 3ca. pale brown-red [16] and 5ca. light yellow-ochre [12], part to large part original gum. Well centred and fresh colours, the 5ca. shows printing smudge in lower left value tablet, there is a light horizontal crease in the lower margin, a very fresh and a most desirable set. S.G. 4-6

Note this supply of paper was in a different size to that of the earlier printings and this required the clichês to be arranged in a new format to fit the paper

Sold for
HK$130,000