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Auction: 16012 - Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collections, The Chinese Customs Post
Lot: 1640

China
1878-83 The Large Dragon Issue
Imperforate Between Vertical Pair
3ca. brownish red [26/21] variety imperforate between, from Setting XII with clean cut perforations and light seal cancellations in black; there are a few irregular perforations and a light horizontal bend between the two stamps. One of the most important varieties of the Large Dragons, only four imperforate between pairs of the 3ca. recorded, all are used. S.G. 8d, £140,000

provenance: Warren G. Kauder, November 1971



This variety exists from two settings. Examples in this shade are from setting XII,


Also [26/8?] Ferrari, Hind and Starr.



The other examples are in a vermilion shade on rough perforated paper and are from an unknown setting.

[24/14] Sir Percival David, Beckeman plus another unidentified

Sold for
HK$500,000