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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1511

China
Large Dragons
Imperforate Proofs with Extra Circle Removed
1ca. to 5ca. set of three with lower corner margins. 1ca. bluish green [21] with lower left corner margins, large part original gum showing the line break above the right hand value; Peter Holcombe number on the reverse. 3ca. pale brown-red [12] from setting III with lower right corner margins showing the characteristic white patch near the lower corner. 5ca. ochre-yellow [25] with lower right corner margins and showing the weak side to the right value tablet, large part original gum. A remarkable and highly desirable set

provenance:
1ca. H.B.R. Clarke, April 1958

3ca. Philip Ireland, May 1989

5ca. Sir Percival David, October 1967 and Philip Ireland, May 1989


壹分銀至伍分銀, 全套三枚, 帶下角位邊紙. 壹分銀, 藍綠色[21]帶左下角位邊紙, 保留大部分原膠, 右邊票值上線框有破, 票背有Peter Holcombe記號; 三分銀, 淡棕紅色[12]來自第三版式帶右下角位邊紙, 近下角位有白色小塊; 伍份銀, 赭黃色[25]帶右下角位邊紙, 右票值位有㸃薄, 保留大部分原膠; 全套整體保存完好, 值得注意._x000D_ _x000D_ 源流: 1958年4月H.B.R. Clarke 壹分銀; 1989年5月Philip Ireland 三分銀; 1967年10月Sir Percival David 及1989年5月Philip Ireland 伍分銀.

Estimate
HK$250,000 to HK$280,000