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1894 Dowager Empress 60th Birthday Commemorative Issue continued...

Issued Stamps continued...
LotNo. Symbol Lot Description
36 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca. dull green, tête-bêche (Chan 28g. Scott 22e), vertical pair with interpane margins at left and foot, from Pane 2, clear color, unused with practically full original gum, hinge remainder in margin at foot, microscopic natural air hole in watermark at bottom left merely mentioned for accuracy, Very Fine and wonderfully fresh. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$10,000-12,000
SOLD for HK$12,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
37 ogbl image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca. green, tête-bêche (Chan 28g, 28j. Scott 22e, 22i), block of four with interpane margin at left, from Pane 2, nice color on fresh white paper, unused with large part original gum, Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$15,000-20,000
SOLD for HK$20,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
38 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca. green, tête-bêche (Chan 28g. Scott 22e), vertical pair with sheet margin at left and interpane margin at foot, from Pane 3, strong color on brilliant white paper, unused with large part original gum, hinge remainder, bottom stamp has microscopic inclusion at lower right, Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$15,000-20,000
SOLD for HK$14,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
39 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca. green, tête-bêche (Chan 28g. Scott 22e), vertical pair with interpane margin at foot, from Pane 4, bright color on fresh white paper, unused with practically full original gum, hinge remainder in interpane margin, Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$10,000-12,000
SOLD for HK$12,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
40 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca. green, tête-bêche (Chan 28g. Scott 22e), vertical pair with sheet margins at left and foot, from Pane 5, definitive color on bright white paper, unused with practically full original gum, faintest traces of age spots on gum, Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$15,000-20,000
SOLD for HK$15,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
41 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca. dull green, tête-bêche and one stamp watermark omitted (Chan 28g, 28q. Scott 22e, var.), vertical pair with interpane margin (trimmed) and sheet margin at foot, from Pane 6, lower stamp with watermark omitted, good color on white paper, unused with practically full original gum, faint insignificant ageing on gum, still Very Fine and an interesting variety. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$20,000-26,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
42 O image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca. bright green, tête-bêche (Chan 28g. Scott 22e), vertical pair with interpane margin at left, from Pane 2, rich color, each stamp cancelled by "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp of "Feb 25 95" in blue, Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$10,000-12,000
SOLD for HK$9,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
43 O image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca. dull green, tête-bêche (Chan 28g. Scott 22e), vertical pair, from Pane 2, centrally canceled by Shanghai antique seal in blue, Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$8,000-10,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
44 O image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca. green, tête-bêche (Chan 28g. Scott 22e), vertical pair, from Pane 4, well centered, each stamp canceled by "Customs/Wuhu" double-ring datestamp of "17 Mar 95", Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$12,000-15,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
45 nh image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 12ca. brown orange (Chan 29. Scott 23), vertical strip of three with sheet margin at foot, good color, unused, o.g., never hinged, mounted in margin only, Very Fine and fresh. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$4,000-5,000
SOLD for HK$6,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
46 ogbl image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 24ca. rose carmine (Chan 30. Scott 24), block of four, deep color, unused with large part original gum, rough perfs at sides, Very Fine and a scarce block. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$15,000-20,000
SOLD for HK$18,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
47 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 24ca. rose carmine vertical pair imperforate between (Chan 30a. Scott 24a), luxuriant color, near perfect centering, unused with large part original gum, Extremely Fine and a magnificent example,

Provenance
E.H. Finegan, Harmer, Rooke (London), 14.10.1937, lot 300.
Dr. Warren G. Atwood, Harmer, Rooke (New York), 7.10.1952, lot 187.
J. King Horner, Christie's Robson Lowe (Zurich), 7.5.1986, lot 2160.


According to our records, there are sixteen unused examples and five used examples of this most sought-after variety.

An Updated Census of the Extant 24 Candarins Vertical Imperforate Between Pairs

Unused
  • Sheet margin at foot, lower stamp variety no watermark, Dr. Robert C.H. Lee, J.R. Hughes (San Francisco), 16.11.1963, lot 78; Dr. Warren G. Kauder, Robson Lowe (London), 10.11.1971, lot 255; Unitric (Hong Kong), 8.1.2014, lot 1618.
  • Sheet margin at left, Sir David Roseway, Robson Lowe (London), 12.11.1963, lot 115; Giulio Mochi, Christie's Swire (Hong Kong), 26.10.1993, lot 1936.
  • Sheet margin at left, Paul Hock, Robson Lowe (Zurich), 19.10.1983, lot 197; "Ming", Corinphila (Zurich), 29.9.1988, lot 4161; Anna-Lisa and Sven-Eric Beckeman, Sotheby's and Corinphila (Hong Kong), 13.5.1999, lot C41.
  • Interpane margin at right, Dr. Warren G. Kauder, Robson Lowe (London), 10.11.1971, lot 256.
  • E.H. Finegan, Harmer, Rooke (London), 14.10.1937, lot 300; Dr. Warren G. Atwood, Harmer, Rooke (New York), 7.10.1952, lot 187; J. King Horner, Christie's Robson Lowe (Zurich), 7.5.1986, lot 2160; Wilson Te, Zurich Asia (Hong Kong), 18.3.2006, lot 564.
  • George Scudder, H.R. Harmer (London), 22.6.1943, lot 72; Herbert Johnson, Christie's Robson Lowe (Zurich), 23.11.1989, lot 2058; Christie's Swire (Hong Kong), 30.9.1992, lot 1393; M.F. Huang, Zurich Asia (Hong Kong), 21.6.2003, lot 154.
  • Sir Percival David, Robson Lowe (London), 9.11.1965, lot 68; Dolores Hertz, Robert A. Siegel (New York), 16.7.1970, lot 1131.
  • Godfrey Mellor, Robson Lowe (London), 15.5.1969, lot 2209; Quintin Tan Tok Tin, Spink (Hong Kong), 21.1.2007, lot 63.
  • Sir Percival David, Robson Lowe (London), 22.7.1970, lot 92; Robson Lowe (London), 6.4.1971, lot 630.
  • Michael Newbury, Robert A. Siegel (New York), 6.2.1962, lot 229; Josiah K. Lilly, Robert A. Siegel (New York), 5.12.1968, lot 450.
  • Major James Starr, Sotheby's (London), 12.9.1991, lot 395.
  • Earl P.L. Apfelbaum (Philadelphia), 13.12.1976, lot 2252; Jane and Dan Sten Olsson, Interasia (Hong Kong), 31.1.2010, lot 84.
  • Dr. Chan Shiu Hon, The Empress Dowager Birthday Commemorative Issues and Surcharges (Hong Kong, 1996), CP9a (illustrated).
  • Regency Superior (Washington), 8.6.2014, lot 2708.
  • Carl Kilgas, Cherrystone (New Jersey), 14.6.2023, lot 26.
  • Reperforated into design at foot, Interasia (Hong Kong), 28.4.2012, lot 220.

Used
  • Interpane margin at right, canceled by Tientsin seal in blue, Interasia (Hong Kong), 28.4.2012, lot 221.
  • Cancelled by Newchwang seal, M.D. Chow, Sotheby's (Hong Kong), 29.4.1996, lot 220.
  • Cancelled by Tientsin seal in blue, Lam Man Yin, Spink (Hong Kong). 18.1.2019, lot 671.
  • Cancelled by "Customs/Swatow" double-ring datestamp of "May 12 97", tear between stamps at left, John Bull (Hong Kong), 3.3.2007, lot 170.
  • Perforations trimmed on all four sides, canceled by Peking seal in blue, Spink (Hong Kong), 21.1.2007, lot 610.
(Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$150,000-200,000
SOLD for HK$150,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
48 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 24ca. rose carmine (Chan 30d. Scott 24 var.), variety Chinese character "Two" with distant dot, deep rich color, unused with large part original gum, hinge remainder, two small areas of ageing (browning) on gum, fresh from the front, Fine to Very Fine and rare.

In the unsurcharged printing, there were six panes in the sheet, with only one stamp showing the distant "dot" variety, which represents one stamp per each 150 printed. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$5,000-6,000
SOLD for HK$5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
49 O image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 24ca. rose carmine (Chan 30d. Scott 24 var.), variety Chinese character "Two" with distant dot, good color, canceled by Peking seal in blue, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$1,500-2,000
SOLD for HK$1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
50 O image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 24ca. rose carmine (Chan 30 var. Scott 24 var.), Chinese characters in top left tablet show striking lithographic transfer variety, deep color, cancelled by "Customs/Chinkiang" double-ring datestamp, Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$1,500-2,000
SOLD for HK$1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
51 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 24ca. rose carmine (Chan 30 var. Scott 24 var.), showing broken "n" of "Cn" in lower right tablet, Pane 3, position 23, fresh bright color on white paper, unused, small part o.g., Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$4,000-5,000
SOLD for HK$4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
52 O image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 24ca. rose carmine (Chan 30. Scott 24), vertical pair, canceled by two strikes of Shanghai seal in blue. Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$2,000-2,500
SOLD for HK$3,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

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