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              3005
            
            
              1883 Large Dragons thick paper with clean cut perforations, 1 candarin block of 4 with bottom corner sheet margin,
            
            
              mint dry gum with tiny tone spots. Condition is still very fine for this rare multiple. Chan 7.
            
            
              HK$ 80,000 - 90,000
            
            
              3006
            
            
              1885 Small Dragon 1 candarin rough perforations, horizontal pair imperforate between variety, well centered, fresh
            
            
              mint with much original gum, bright colour but some oxidization affecting the right stamp. Great rarity with only 2
            
            
              recorded pairs; the other one comes from the Beckeman collection with suffused colour. Chan 16e.
            
            
              
                Provenance
              
            
            
              
                Zurich Asia, 18th March 2006
              
            
            
              HK$ 800,000 - 900,000