Lot 41304 – 1871, 200 mon vermilion, plate 1, early to intermediate printing, pos. 31, with striking “left dragon’s arm missing” variety.
Lot 41304 – 1871, 200 mon vermilion, plate 1, early to intermediate printing, pos. 31, with striking “left dragon’s arm missing” variety.
Japan » 1871, Dragons mon unit, imperforate
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Price realised
4’200 CHF
Estimate
4’000 – 8’000 CHF
Auction date
Sun 7 Dec 2025 at 10:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1871, 200 mon vermilion, plate 1, early to intermediate printing, pos. 31, displaying the striking “left dragon’s arm missing” variety. Clear impression and good balanced margins all around, unused without gum as issued, recorded in Stanley Gibbons as 5b; extremely fine and a choice example of this important variety, which was retouched in an early stage of printing and of which only six examples are recorded in unused condition.
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