Lot 30001 – 1871, 48 mon light reddish brown, three copies unused
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Lot 30001 – 1871, 48 mon light reddish brown, three copies unused
Japan » 1871, Dragons mon unit, imperforate
Price realised
340 EUR
Estimate
350 – 700 EUR
Auction date
Sat 3 Jun 2023 at 11:30 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1871, 48 mon light reddish brown, plate 1, late printing, three examples unused without gum as issued, all featuring prominent positional varieties, including: position 1, spines retouched; position 16, plate crack and dot missing in denomination’s script; position 27, large crack. All well margined. A very fine and unusual ensemble. (JSCA ¥180,000).
Catalogue ref: 1I
Catalogue
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