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Auction: 14011 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong with Japan and Korea
Lot: 2447

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Canton
— 1850 (22 May) printed prices current from Wetmore to Boston "p str. Cambria" with "Overland" crossed through, the reverse with a very fine strike of "forwarded by/george peabody london" in black (apparently this type not listed by Rowe), the front with Lombard Street Maltese Cross despatch datestamp (26.7), handstruck "24" and "19cents" handstamps; some filing creases and arrival notation of front. A good double forwarded letter. Photo

Sold for
HK$5,000