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Auction: 7005 - Quintin Tan China Dowagers Collection
Lot: 88

1894-97 Sixtieth Birthday of the Dowager Empress Second Printing 1ca. to 24ca., less 6ca., 3ca. adherences on reverse, 12ca. without gum (possibly the yellow shade of the first printing), others part to large part original gum; 5ca. faults at top and a couple with light ageing. Scarce. 1ca. and 5ca. signed Livingston, 2ca., 9ca. and 24ca. signed Hughes. S.G. 25-33; Chan 22S-30S. Photo Estimate HK$ 25,000-30,000provenance: Adolphus Diercking, November 1956; 1ca. (top left stamp of the irregular block of twelve and joins the block in the next lot) Robert Lee, October 1967; 5ca Christie´s November 1986 sale; 2ca, 9ca. and 24ca.

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HK$21,000