Auction: 12005 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1444
Foreign Post Offices French Post Office 1903 (4 Sept.) stampless envelope from France to the French Expedition Corps bearing 1903 30c. cinnamon overprinted small letters "a/percevoir" Postage Due in red, tied by very fine strikes of "pekin/chine" c.d.s. (13.10), a good strike of "T" in triangle and Tientsin arrival (20.10) on reverse; vertical filing crease; scarce. Also 1903 (16 Jan.) envelope from Paris to Haiphong and readdressed to Shanghai, bearing a vertical pair of 1901-07 10c. Postage Due tied by Shanghai c.d.s.; good. (2 covers). Photo Estimate HK$ 2,500-3,000
Sold for
HK$1,200