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Auction: 11025 - Dr. Robert Towers Collection of British Empire
Lot: 349

Hong Kong Treaty Ports Tientsin 1898 (Jan.) envelope to Liverpool, showing bi-lingual "paid" h.s. and Dollar chop c.d.s, alongside, bearing 1882-96 5c. blue affixed over the Paid h.s. and neatly cancelled with Shanghai c.d.s., the reverse showing Shanghai Dollar chop, Hong Kong (1.2) and arrival (2.3) c.d.s.; and 1899 (6 Mar.) envelope ex the same correspondence, bearing 1891 10c. purple on red cancelled with c.d.s. and, on reverse, China 10c. green (another stamp removed) cancelled with pa-kua in blue; both items with tears and creases, etc. though an unusual pair Estimate £ 250-300

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