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Auction: 14011 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong with Japan and Korea
Lot: 2227

Foreign Post Offices
Japanese Post Office
I.P.O. Tieprints
Wuhu: 1899 (27 June) envelope to New York bearing, on the reverse, C.I.P. 5c. pair cancelled by a neat and single strike of the pa-kua, Yokohama datestamp (date inverted), Vancouver and arrival c.d.s. of Brooklyn; the front with a superb strike of the Wuhu bilingual c.d.s. (a very early date) with Japan 10s. Koban with a superb strike of the Wuhu tieprint and cancelled "shanghai/i.j.p.o." c.d.s.; readdressed on arrival. A stunning and delightful example of this rare tieprint (Webb RRR). Photo

Estimate
HK$20,000 to HK$30,000