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Auction: 16012 - Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collections, The Chinese Customs Post
Lot: 1606

China
1878-83 The Large Dragon Issue
3 Candareen, Early Inland Mail
1879 (2 Apr.) opened out envelope from the Peruvian Legation in Peking bearing 3ca. deep red [12] showing the weak corner positional variety, cancelled by Peking seal in blue and bearing, on the reverse, "i.g. of customs/peking" c.d.s. in blue, Tientsin Customs c.d.s. (4.4) and (5.4) plus Shanghai Local Post arrival (10.4) and pencil delivery characters plus most of the legation red wax seal. A fine and appealing cover

provenance: Saul Newbury, February 1962

Warren G. Kauder, November 1971



literature: Imperial China, History of the Posts to 1896, Major Richard Pratt (illustrated page 203)

James Whang, The Large Dragon Covers, number 13



The 3 candareen rate was used in 1878 and 1879. Richard Pratt recorded twenty one of these 3ca. covers, including fourteen from the Henry Everall collection


For other examples of this early 3ca. rate, please see lots 1570 and 1602

Sold for
HK$320,000