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Auction: 14011 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong with Japan and Korea
Lot: 2314

Macao
1840 (3 Nov.) wrapper endorsed as from Macao to London "P.O. Mail Via Suez & Marseilles" and rated at "7/-" in black ink and boxed "india" handstamp in red, the reverse with a fine strike of oval "forwarded by/lyall matheson/calcutta" with manuscript date "17/12/40", boxed "calcutta/steam letter"Paid" datestamp in red and London arrival (8.2); vertical filing crease and reinforced folds. An unusual routing and a very early letter. Ex. Lee Scamp. Photo

Sold for
HK$5,000