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Auction: 7005 - Quintin Tan China Dowagers Collection
Lot: 63

1894-97 Sixtieth Birthday of the Dowager Empress First Printing 24 candareens 24ca. rose-red variety imperforate between vertical pair, very fine centring, fresh colour and with full original gum; crease in lower right corner barely detracts from this magnificent example of this error. S.G. 24a; Chan 30a. Photo Estimate HK$ 40,000-60,000provenance: Godfrey Mellor, May 1969 Note: We record fourteen pairs, one of which has been commercially used

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HK$90,000