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Auction: 7005 - Quintin Tan China Dowagers Collection
Lot: 34

1894-97 Sixtieth Birthday of the Dowager Empress First Printing 5 candareens 5ca. dull orange variety imperforate between horizontal pair from the lower right corner of pane 4, fine and mounted in the margin only. S.G. 20a; Chan 26c. Photo Estimate HK$ 50,000-60,000Note: This was originally a block of four. Quintin Tan split off the top pair to sell to his friend, Wilson Te. provenance: Sir Percival David, July 1970 (the block of four) We record five unused and 2 used pairs. The used are from a different sheet and cancelled to order with Shanghai seal The other examples appeared in the collections of Unused James Starr/Chen Shih-Jen Warrren Kauder/Eric Beckeman/Huang Ming Fuang/Chen Tiung-Ching Rudolph J.Thoden/Tony Kwan Used Paul Hock/´Ming´/Eric Beckeman/Chen Tiung-Ching Chen Shih-Jen

Sold for
HK$85,000