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Auction: 384 - The George Blaine Collection - Part III: Southern Asia and USA - e-Auction
Lot: 1967

Tibet. Szechuan-Tibet Trade Issue. Rupee, nd (1939-1942). Kangding. Large portrait of the Emperor Kuang-hsu with collar left, longer profile with rounded forehead, hat more tilted, derived from British Indian Rupees of Victoria, rev. Vertical rosette at center, Chinese legend: si chuan sheng zao ("made in Szechuan"), branches and flowers around emulating British Indian Rupee. Y.3.3. Once cleaned, now toned pale purple gray. Extremely Fine.

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