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Auction: 16012 - Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collections, The Chinese Customs Post
Lot: 1541

China
1878-83 The Large Dragon Issue
1882 Wide Setting
1883 (11 July) large piece from the reverse of a cover bearing 1ca. light green [18], 3ca. pale brown-red [23] and 5ca. yellow-ochre [12] tied by good strikes of the "customs/newchwang" c.d.s., Customs Shanghai (17.7), Exeter, Bristol and Cleveland (4.9) British c.d.s. A rare combination of the large setting

provenance: Sir Percival David, December 1964

Paul Hock, October 1983



Note the 9ca. rate to general overseas countries was ntroduced in 1882, this rate gives the correctly used sets on pieces or covers.

Sold for
HK$150,000