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Auction: 13009 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2513

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Amoy
Incoming Mail
1885 (25 Aug.) envelope from New York to Amoy bearing U.S. 10c. brown tied by New York duplex, send via the Atlantic, the reverse bearing London (3.9), Brindisi (7.9), "singapore/to hong.kong" marine sorter c.d.s. (2.10) type 3, code "A" and Amoy type Dii arrival c.d.s. A similar cover, 1880 (11 Mar.) to Amoy "Via San Francisco" bearing U.S. 10c. brown tied by New York duplex, the reverse with a faint strike of San Francisco (18.3), Hong Kong (17.4) and Amoy (22.4) c.d.s. Both covers with arrival notation written at left. A good pair of covers carried on the Atlantic and Pacific routes. (2 covers). Photo

Sold for
HK$8,000