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Auction: 12005 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1788

Hong Kong Treaty Ports Canton Incoming Mail 1836-38, two Wetmore entires from Valparaiso with 1836 (15 Sept.) "private" entire bearing a fair strike of oval "Forwarded by/Alsop & Co./Lima" in red (not recorded by Rowe); 1838 (16 Jan.) entire sent "pr. Alexander Baring" with two small brush-stroke delivery characters on reverse; horizontal folds. (2 covers) Estimate HK$ 2,500-3,000

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HK$20,000