Attractive old specialist lot of 32 Imperial Chinese Post stamps, featuring the classic Coiling Dragon design from the late Qing Dynasty period.
Highlights:
Various ½ Cent, 1 Cent, 2 Cents and 3 Cents denominations
Different colours and printings of the classic Coiling Dragon design
Several stamps with Chinese overprints
Interesting variety of old Chinese postal cancellations
A useful group for the specialist, cancellation collector
or collector of Imperial China
Condition:
Predominantly used.
Mixed condition as expected for stamps of this age,
with differences in centering, perforations, cancellations
and occasional faults or traces of age.
The Chinese Imperial Post Coiling Dragon issues exist in different printings, papers, watermarks and varieties. No attempt has been made to identify every catalogue variety individually.
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