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70 1878 Large Dragon Thin paper, 5 cands bistre, tied by very neat ‘CUSTOMS/NEWCHWANG/28.12.78’ cds, very early usage. Minor toning. Chan 3b. Photo HK$ 8,000 - 10,000 71 1878 Large Dragon thin paper, 5 cands bistre, tied by very neat ‘CUSTOMS/NEWCHWANG/29.12.78’ cds, very early usage. Small defects at the top right. Chan 3b. Photo HK$ 8,000 - 10,000 72 1878 Large Dragon thin paper, 5 cands bistre, tied by very neat ‘CUSTOMS/NEWCHWANG/29.12.78’ cds, very early usage. Very fine used. Chan 3b. Photo HK$ 8,000 - 10,000 73 1878 Large Dragon thin paper, 5 cands orange, tied by ‘I.G. OF CUSTOMS/PEKING’ cds in blue, dated 29 November 1878, very early usage, bottom perf. trimmed. Chan 3. Photo HK$ 8,000 - 10,000 74 1878 Large Dragon thin paper, 5 cands orange, tied by full strike of ‘CUSTOMS/TIENTSIN/11.78’ very early usage and fine used. Chan 3. Photo HK$ 8,000 - 10,000 70 71 72 73 74 75

1882 Large Dragon Wide margin, 5 cands yellow ochre, tied by faint Customs in violet, the destination is illegible, but still rare and fine used. Chan 5. Photo HK$ 3,000 - 4,000 76 1883 Thick paper, 3 cands brown red, top left broken char variety (清字破) blunt perf. at left, used. Chan 8. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000 77 1885 Thick paper rough perf. 3 cands vermilion used, cliché 4 , with semi-circle at right of lower left ‘3’, creased at the bottom left corner. Photo HK$ 2,000 - 2,500 78 1878 Thin paper, complete set of 3, toned with original gum, 5 cands with black inking at the bottom perf. Chan 1-3. Photo HK$ 4,000 - 5,000

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