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Auction: 7001 - Fine Stamps & Covers of Hong Kong
Lot: 566

China Large Dragons 1878 Thin Paper 3ca. vermilion, setting I [24-25] horizontal pair showing large unprinted area where a piece of paper (or other thin object) fell between the printing plate and sheet, unused without gum. An exceedingly rare error, previously unrecorded on this issue, and an ideal item for exhibition in a collection of the highest calibre. R.P.S. Certificate (2006). Photo Estimate HK$ 80,000-100,000Although foreign matter occasionally appears on the printing plates, this is not a variety which has previously been recorded on Large Dragons, particularly such a large patch of white, which should easily have been spotted by the printers and destroyed

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HK$80,000