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6 7 6 1865 Shanghai Local Post, Large Dragon 2 (Liang) cands ( 兩分銀 ) pelure paper, close margins, unused and no gum as issued. Printing #21, Chan LS1a. Photo HK$ 1,500 - 1,700 7 1865 Shanghai Large Dragon 1 Candareen blue printing #23, mint, laid paper, full margins, toned. Photo HK$ 3,500 - 4,000 8 1865 Shanghai Large Dragon 1 Candareen blue printing #23, mint, laid paper. Photo HK$ 3,500 - 4,000 9 1865 Shanghai Local Post, Large Dragon laid paper, 1 cand blue, full margin, unused and no gum as issued. Printing #23, Chan LS8. Photo HK$ 3,000 - 3,500 10 1865 Shanghai Large Dragon, Antique numerals, laid paper, 1 CANDAREEN blue with four sides clear and even margins, printing #23, fine mint & rich colour. (Chan LS8, Livingstone 7c). Photo HK$ 3,500 - 4,000 10 8 1 1865 Shanghai Local Post, Large Dragon, 16 cands scarlet, with Roman numeral ‘I’ instead of ‘’1’, heavy inking, short margins as is usually the case for such an early printing, unused and no gum as issued. Very rare. Printing# 5. Photo HK$ 20,000 - 24,000 2 1865 Shanghai Local Post, Large Dragon, candareen in the singular, 2 (Liang) cands black ( 兩分銀 ) printed on thin hard porous wove paper, wide margins, unused and no gum as issued. Very rare. Printing #6. Photo HK$ 15,000 - 18,000 3 1865 Shanghai Local Post, Large Dragon, candareens in the plural, 2 (Liang) cands ( 兩分銀 ) unused and no gum as issued, minor toning. Printing #14. Photo HK$ 2,000 - 2,500 4 1865 Shanghai Local Post, Large Dragon 2 (Liang) ( 兩分銀 ) cands black, minor defects in the bottom left corner, toned, tied by small single ring ‘LOCAL POST/SHANGHAI’ cds in blue green, wide margins for a used early printing, very rare. Printing #14. Photo HK$ 35,000 - 40,000 5 1865 Shanghai Local Post, Large Dragon, candareens in the plural, 8 cands bright yellow green, unused and with wide margins, unused and no gum as issued. Very fresh. Printing #16, Chan LS4a. Photo HK$ 1,600 - 2,000 9

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