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Auction: 16012 - Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collections, The Chinese Customs Post
Lot: 1697

China
1885-88 The Small Dragon Issue
3 candareen Plate Proof
3ca. pale lilac-mauve in a complete imperforate pane of twenty, left pane Setting VIII; without gum. A scarce proof whichis rare as a complete pane

These proofs were produced on either gummed or ungummed paper. One complete pane, also from Setting VIII, was sold in the Starr auction in 1991 and a pane of twenty (gummed paper) in the M.D. Chow sale in 1996

Sold for
HK$180,000