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Auction: 1002 - Fine Stamps & Covers of HK & China
Lot: 1592

Foreign Post Offices British Post Office I.P.O. Tieprints swatow: 1904 (1 Feb.) Customs House envelope registered to York bearing C.I.P. 2c. (2) and 10c. tied by light strikes of Swatow bilingual c.d.s. with K.E.VII 4c. and 10c. alongside with Swatow type 4 "I.P.O." tieprint with Shanghai c.d.s. with large "R" in circle and a fine strike of framed "R/swatow (china)" registration handstamp in red and backstamped Hong Kong (3.2), London and York (10.3) registered datestamps with a superb was seal of "office of maritime/customs/swatow" in red. Superb in every respect. Copy of B.P.A. Certificate (2001). Photo Estimate HK$ 10,000-12,000 Webb´s Guide records ten or less of the type 4 tieprint

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HK$13,000