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Auction: 16012 - Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collections, The Chinese Customs Post
Lot: 1586

China
1878-83 The Large Dragon Issue
1 Candareen, Setting IV
1883 (8 June) large part envelope to Munich, Germany bearing, on the reverse, an irregular block of six 1ca. green [19-24/3-25-18-16] with additional 3ca. thick paper cancelled by Peking seal in blue and transit c.d.s. including "linge n/paq. fr. no. 4". Re-addressed on arrival to Erding. The French stamp on the address side has been cut off and there are a few age marks.


All multiples of Setting IV are scarce, larger multiples rare. This is still believed to be the only cover bearing a multiple from this setting

provenance: Allen Gokson

Paul Hock, October 1983


literature: James Whang, Large Dragon Covers, number 221


This is believed to be the earliest known cover bearing thick paper 1ca. and 3ca.

Sold for
HK$110,000