HK036 - Main catalogue

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225 1885 Small Dragon 5 candarins, clean cut perforations, horizontal pair imperforate between, perfectly centered with Tientsin seals in blue, lightly folded between stamps. 6mm tear at top which has been repaired with a hinge. Exceptional appearance for this rarity of which probably five or so of the ten original examples have survived with the perforations intact. Chan 18d. Photo Provenance: Bernard E. Stoloff, Christie’s Robson Lowe, 14th May 1987 Anna-Lisa and Sven-Eric Beckeman, Sotheby’s and Corinphila 13th May 1999 Huang Ming Fang, Zurich Asia 21st June 2003 HK$ 300,000 - 350,000

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