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399 1897 Typo Coiling Dragon, 4c brown horizontal pair imperf. between variety, with imperf. at the right and left sides also, mint, lightly hinged and toned. Rare. Chan 95b. Photo HK$ 30,000 - 35,000 400 1897 Typo Coiling Dragon, 50c black green variety, mint full original gum very lightly hinged, nearly unmounted. Chan 100a. Photo HK$ 9,000 - 10,000 401 1897 Typo Coiling Dragon 50c black green block of 4, very lightly hinged, nearly unmounted, full original gum with usual toning, rare. Chan 100a. Photo HK$ 100,000 - 120,000 402 1897 Typo Coiling Dragon, error colour 50c blue green, mint with original gum and minor toning as usual. Very rare. Chan 100b. Photo HK$ 30,000 - 35,000 403 1897 Typo Coiling Dragon, Flying Geese $5 yellow green & rose, mint original gum, short perfs at top, with red guarantee chop on reverse. Chan 103. Photo HK$ 4,000 - 4,500

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404 1898 Coiling Dragon with watermark, 20c claret, dramatically misperforated variety. Used with hinged remnant, a rare and possibly unique variety. Chan 110var. Photo HK$ 2,000 - 2,500 405 1898 Watermarked Coiling Dragon, 1/2c to $5 complete set of 12, all with horizontal ‘Specimen’ overprint in sans-serif black letter, a few values with a few toned spots and no gum. With Peter Holcombe cert. 1997. Photo HK$ 18,000 - 22,000 406 1902 No watermark CIP Coiling Dragon 1/2c chocolate upper right corner block of 4, with plate no. ‘436’ unmounted and fine. Chan 116a. Photo HK$ 500 - 600

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