Sale #45 - Special Auction China

China: 1879, large dragon thin paper 1 Ca. green, a right margin copy (cliche 20) and 5 Ca. yellow,
1879, large dragon thin paper 1 Ca. green, a right margin copy (cliche 20) and 5 Ca. yellow, a horizontal pair with right margin (ciche 14/15) both canc. small size oval intaglio seal of Tientsin also tied by faint red "CUSTOMS SHANGHAI" with "CUSTOMS TIENTSIN MAY 9 79" alongside and transit mark "HONG KONG C MY 17 79" on reverse of a cover (reverse side only), ostensibly addressed to foreign. This is the 4th earliest recorded foreign (part-) cover of China. Reference: James B. Whang, A comprehensive illustration on cover of Chinese Large dragons (1997), pp. 73/74, Nr. 18.
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