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1894 Dowager first print 12 ca. brown-orange with imperforate sheet margin at right (21mm.), cancelled by "Customs/Chinkiang"
c.d.s., small surface mark, otherwise very fine. This is the only example to have been offered in auction in the past 15 years,
extremely rare. Chan 29c. Photo
Provenance
Huang Ming Fang, Zurich Asia 21st June 2003
HK$ 250,000 - 300,000
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1894 Dowager first print 24 ca. rose-carmine with imperforate interpane margin at top (19mm.), luxuriant colour and exceptional
centring, extremely fine and fresh mint with much original gum, negligible perf. tone at top, extremely rare. Chan 30c. Photo
Provenance
Huang Ming Fang, Zurich Asia 21st June 2003
HK$ 200,000 - 240,000
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1894 Dowager, first printing colour proofs on very thin laid paper 1 cand to 24 cands complete imperf. set of 9, 6 cands to 24 cands
with tone spots appearing on both sides, other low values are very fine. Photo
HK$ 30,000 - 35,000