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Auction: 7005 - Quintin Tan China Dowagers Collection
Lot: 29

1894-97 Sixtieth Birthday of the Dowager Empress First Printing 4 candareens 4ca. rose-pink variety imperforate between horizontal pair, hinge remainder, large part original gum; repaired tear at top. S.G 19a; Chan 25b. Photo Estimate HK$ 25,000-30,000Note: Only five pairs are recorded, all from the same original sheet (15 possible) provenance: Sir Percival David, July 1970 The other pairs appeared in the collections of James Starr/Chen Shih-Jen Warren Kauder/Paul Hock James Senior M.D. Chow/Eric Beckerman/Huang Ming Fuang/Chen Tiung-Ching

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HK$50,000