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Auction: 22026 - Stamps and Covers of Asia featuring the Peter Cockburn FRPSL Collection of Malaya B.M.A.
Lot: 42

(x) China
Imperial Customs Post
1883 Large Dragon, thick paper, clean-cut perf 5ca. chrome-yellow, an irregular 'L' shaped block of eight from setting VI (cliches 7, 24/ 15, 1, 9/ 21, 19, 14) with sheet margin at left, cancelled by several Peking seals in blue and also by small part of Shanghai Customs c.d.s. in black with year date '85', very fine. An exhibition item of considerable rarity. S.G. 9, Chan 9. Photo

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Estimate
£6,000 to £8,000

Starting price
£4800