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Auction: 14011 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong with Japan and Korea
Lot: 2457

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Shanghai
1861 (19 Feb.) stampless envelope (with enclosure) to San Francisco, "Direct to San Francisco via Hong Kong" bearing, on the reverse, red forwarding agents' cachets of Wetmore, Cryder & Co., Shanghai; Koopmanschap & Rosman, Hong Kong and, on the address side, Wetmore, Cryder & Co. oval in black (none recorded by Rowe) with "ship/6" and San Francisco arrival (4.5); some minor soiling but a very remarkable cover with these three forwarding agents' cachets. Photo

Estimate
HK$20,000 to HK$25,000