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Auction: 16012 - Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collections, The Chinese Customs Post
Lot: 1680

China
1878-83 The Large Dragon Issue
5 Candareens, Setting VI
5ca. pale lemon in a spectacular block of fifteen [24-8-16/1-9-12/19-14-6/11-3-4/18-5-22] with clean cut perforations and neat strikes of the Shanghai seal in black; the top right corner is blunted and there are some reinforced perforations in the centre plus a couple of insignificant creases or wrinkles. A highly important block from this setting, the largest extant used multiple of this setting with clean cut perforations

Some references are shown with the clichés [2] and [16] transposed. The correct order is with [16] in the top right corner, as exemplified by this block

Sold for
HK$160,000