Sale 75 Asian Stamps & Postal History

China, 1894 Dowager Empress 1st printing 9ca. bright green, Pane 3, block of four imperforate vertically and in sheet margin at left and imperforate in sheet margin at foot (7mm.), lower left stamp the inverted cliché (position 21) forming a tête-bêche multiple, exceptional colour on brilliant white paper, very fine and wonderfully fresh unused with much original gum, light diagonal crease at lower left corner. A remarkable combination of varieties. Chan 28u var. (Specialised CP7Bh).
Estimate HK$ 200,000 - 250,000

Provenance: M.F. Huang, Zurich Asia (Hong Kong), 21.6.2003, lot 129.