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Auction: 12005 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1776

Hong Kong Treaty Ports Canton 1837 (13 Dec.) duplicate Wetmore entire to London, carried on the "Ingleborough" and rated "1/6" and showing, on the reverse, a faint strike of step-type "ship letter/weymouth" in red; horizontal fold. Contents refer to the price of tea dropping and that not much was happening; the original being sent on the "Stains Castle" Estimate HK$ 2,000-2,500

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HK$2,200