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361 1897 Typo Coiling Dragon Jumping Carp 50c dark green, mint and tropical gum as usual, scarce. Chan 100a. Photo 362 1897 Typo Coiling Dragon, Flying Geese $2 orange & yellow, used, short perforations at the top and left, colour faded. Chan 102. Photo HK$ 2,800 - 3,000 363 1897 Typo Coiling Dragon, $5 Flying Geese, mint and no gum. Chan 103. Photo HK$ 3,500 - 4,500 364 1898 Watermarked Coiling Dragon, 1/2c to $5 complete set of 12, all with horizontal ‘Specimen’ overprint in sans-serif black letter, a few values with a few toned spots and no gum. With Peter Holcombe cert. 1997. Photo HK$ 20,000 - 25,000 365 1898 Coiling Dragon 1c ochre block 4, with bilingual handstamped surcharged ‘Five Dollars’ 伍圓 ’, mint and full of original gum, hinged on the top 2 stamps only, very fine and extremely rare. Photo Sir David Poseway requested information about the surcharge in the China Clipper of November 1955, at that time Sir David Poseway ventured the thought that this might be a revenue. There does not appear to have been any response to the enquiry. Provenance: E.N. Lane Collection, Sotheby’s Oct. 1997. Photo HK$ 5,000 - 6,000 HK$ 12,000 - 14,000

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366 1902 Coiling Dragon no watermark, 1c horizontal pair imperforate between variety, mint and no gum. Chan 117s. Photo HK$ 1,800 - 2,000 367 1902 Coiling Dragon no watermark, 1c ochre perf. shifted downwards variety, used. Chan 117var. Photo HK$ 500 - 600 368 1902 Coiling Dragon no watermark, 2c deep red horizontal strip of 3 imperforate between variety, unmounted mint and a tone spot at back, fresh colour. Chan 118s. Photo HK$ 3,000 - 4,000

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