China 1894 9ca dull green 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress (first printing) error, SG22a var

China 1894 9ca dull green 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress (first printing) error, SG22a var.

A fine mint horizontal strip of three with large part original gum. Margin at right showing guide cross, error imperforate between vertically, folded between first and second stamp and light creasing.

Striking exhibition piece and a major rarity with imperforate error as a strip of three.

The Dowager Empress stamps were the very first commemorative stamps issued by China. They were issued to celebrate the 60^th Birthday of the Dowager Empress, one of the most powerful women in the history of China.

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