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Auction: CSS60 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5061

China
1894 Dowager Empress
9ca. dull green variety imperforate between vertical strip of three and tête-bêche, a block of six from pane 5 [11/22] with full original gum; there is a tiny thin on the top right stamp. With white gum, a clean and fresh example of this highly important variety.

A unique multiple as all the other examples recorded are in strips of three. Chan 28ia. Photo

provenance:
Lam Man Yin, January 2019

Sold for
HK$410,000

Starting price
HK$250000