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LotNo. Symbol Lot Description
3068 ogbl image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 24ca rose carmine (Chan 30. Scott 24), complete sheet of twenty-five, Pane 4, with sheet margin at right showing guide line cross, position 10 shows broken frame above "Cn", position 21 missing dots under "Cn", and position 23 broken inner frame at top right corner as well as in top right corner tablet above "Cn", deep rich color, unused with practically full original gum, Very Fine and quite exceptional.

Provenance
Quintin Tan Kok Tin, Spink (Hong Kong), 21.3.2007, lot 62. (Image1)

Est. HK$180,000-220,000
Selling for...HK$90,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3069 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 24ca rose carmine, vertical pair imperforate between (Chan 30a. Scott 24a), sumptuous color, wonderfully fresh, unused with large part original gum, lower stamp has faint horizontal crease, still Very Fine.

According to our records, there are sixteen unused and five used examples of this most sought-after variety. See Kelleher & Rogers, Sale 40, for the complete listing.

Provenance and Auction Record
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.
Huang Ming-Fuang, Zurich Asia (Hong Kong), 21.6.2003, lot 154. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$150,000-200,000
Selling for...HK$75,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3070 O image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 24ca rose carmine, Chinese character "Two" with distant dot (Chan 30d. Scott 24 var.), the variety being the top stamp in a vertical pair, from Pane 2, positions 5/10, deep bright color, centered to lower left with apparently imperforate margin at right, centrally canceled by complete "Customs/Tientsin" double-ring datestamp in blue, 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)

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Est. HK$3,000-4,000
Selling for...HK$1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
3071 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 24ca rose carmine with 9ca green (Chan 28, 30. Scott 22, 24), canceled by Peking seal in blue on 1896 "Légation de la République Française" corner card registered front to Fourmies, France, in combination with France "Chine" 1f, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (11.12), showing "Registered" unframed handstamp in blue, framed "R" handstamp in red and "Modane à Paris" French entry c.d.s. in red adjacent, the 9ca has gum residue around perforations at top, Very Fine and appealing usage from the Berteaux correspondence, registered triple rate (Postage 9ca x 3 = 27ca + 6ca registration fee = 33 candarins). (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$20,000-24,000
Selling for...HK$10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3072 og/ng image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 2ca, 3ca, 12ca, and 24ca (Chan 23-24, 29, 30, vars. Scott 17-19, 23, 24, vars.), specialized unused assembly of the first issue with plate, watermark, and perforation varieties, including 2ca with imperforate top margin (toned), 3ca block of four without watermark (three stamps never hinged), 12ca with broken Chinese character (Pane 1, position 16), and 24ca with white spot above "Cn." (pane 2, position 7), mostly o.g., Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Est. HK$10,000-12,000
Selling for...HK$5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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