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Final Price: RMB 1,000,000

Ching Dynasty Large Dragon design drafts group of 2，collection of Meso Mizuhara，extremely scarce，excellent condition

Qing Dynasty stamps & Postal History
These designs were submitted to Sir Robert Hart when he was Inspector General of Customs； although they were rejected，he included them in his collection. Philip Ireland suggested that these designs are too large and complex to be made into stamps，however，an artist unfamiliar with the constraints of printing stamps would be concentrating on the design concept，wanting to make his designs as pleasing as possible. The fact that these were kept by Sir Robert Hart in his stamp collection is strong evidence that they were genuine proposals for a design for the new stamps