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Auction: 7005 - Quintin Tan China Dowagers Collection
Lot: 25

1894-97 Sixtieth Birthday of the Dowager Empress First Printing 3 candareens 3ca. olive-yellow variety imperforate between vertical pair, and joins on to the previous lot; good colour, fine, large part original gum. Signed Holcombe on reverse with "33 Brownish Org". Photo Estimate HK$ 15,000-20,000Note: We record eleven pairs from two original sheets with a possible 16 pairs or each shade. The orange-yellow shade includes a block of ten and a strip of five from pane 8 (2nd and 3rd rows)

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HK$19,000