HK036 - Main catalogue

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250 1894 Dowager first Printing, 3ca orange yellow, tied by with Axim (city in Ghana, Africa) ‘JA 2 93’ cds, rare. Chan 24, Scott 18. Photo HK$ 1,000 - 1,200 251 1894 Dowager first printing, 9 cands dull green block of 4, and tete-beche stamp in bottom left corner. Mint toned gum lightly hinged. Chan 28g. Photo HK$ 17,000 - 20,000 252 1894 Dowager 1st print, 9 cands dull green, vertical tete-beche pair, used with minor toning. Chan 28g. Photo HK$ 8,000 - 9,000 253 1894 Dowager First printing, 9 cands dull green, vertical tete-beche pair with bottom sheet margin, with fake small figures surcharge on both stamps, an interesting item. Mint full original gum never hinged. Chan 28g. Photo HK$ 14,000 - 16,000 254 1894 Dowager first printing, 9 cands dull green with imperf. at top, mint and dry gum. Chan 28var. Photo HK$ 1,300 - 1,600 255 1894 Dowager first printing, 9 cands dull green, tied by full strike ‘CUSTOMS/CHINKIANG/13.3.95’ cds, with a few dirt marks. Chan 28. Photo HK$ 500 - 600

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256 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 20 years, extremely rare. Provenance: Huang Ming Fang, Zurich Asia 21st June 2003. Chan 29c. Photo HK$ 200,000 - 250,000

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