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Auction: 19008 - The Lam Man Yin Collection of Small Dragons, Dowagers and 1897 Surcharges
Lot: 654

1894 Dowager Empress
Issued Stamps
3 Candareens
3ca. orange-yellow variety imperforate between vertical pair, large part original gum; light vertical bend at right. The lower stamp includes retouched "3" variety type C (pane 7 [11]). A very fresh and attractive example of this variety. Photo

provenance:
Godfrey Mellor, May 1969


This variety is found in both the orange-yellow and olive-yellow. Of the thrity two pairs possible, only eleven unused pairs have been recorded. A complete yellow-orange pane (pane 8) was included in the Sir Percival David collection


三分銀，橙黃色直雙連中縫漏齒變體，保留大部份原膠，右邊有細微摺痕，下枚票包含"3"字修飾C型(第七格[11])，顏色十分鮮艷，是慈壽變體票中珍品._x000D_ _x000D_ 源流：1969年5月Godfrey Mellor; 這種變體票發現在橙黃及橄黃兩種顏色票中，約有三十二對左右，並記錄上只有十一對新票被保存下來，一版黃橙色的版票(第八格)曾被收藏於Sir Percival David藏集中.

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HK$25,000