Name: China 1878 Large Dragons set, SG1/3
Brand: martinafruit.com
SKU: 45997622790
Price: 1625.00 USD
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China 1878 Large Dragons set, SG1/3China 1878 1ca green, 3ca brown red and 5ca orange, 'Large Dragons', thin paper 2mm spacing, SG1 3. Fine mint examples with large part original gum, rarely seen so fine. The Chinese Empire Large Dragon stamps are one of the most attractive stamp issues of all time. When you soak up the intricate detail of this piece of artwork created with precise accuracy on a minute piece of paper, you cant help admire the skill involved. The dragon is an important

lower right stamp variety wide space (2¼mm) between "TWO" and "SHILLINGS" (R10/3)

Slight toning affecting mostly margin and one stamp

GB Specialised Catalogue No: GC9

Most were used

A wonderful unique essay

Sir Bartle Frere was appointed Commissioner in Sindh in 1850

Fine and fresh mint blocks with large part original gum

and notable figures such as Winston Churchill

the future King of England

This slightly impacts the text but not the signatures

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £724+

unpublished and illustrated work by Harry Potter author J