Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 14011 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong with Japan and Korea
Lot: 2458

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Shanghai
1871 (13 Jan.) envelope to Dunbartonshire, Scotland bearing 1863-71 4c. bluish slate perf.12½ (2) and 30c. vermilion just tied by good strikes of the second type "S1" in blue, the reverse with despatch c.d.s. in blue, Hong Kong (23.1) and Helensburgh (6.3) c.d.s.; the left 4c. has an irregular perf. in the upper left corner, probably the result of a broken perf. pin which can be seen in the lower left corner. The routing has been obscured by the adhesives but this 38c. rates should be by Brindisi due to the Franco-Prussian War; just before the rate was reduced on 16th January. An extraordinary and remarkable franking, of nine covers bearing the perf.12½ stamp, this is one of only two bearing two examples. R.P.S. Certificate (1997). Photo

Sold for
HK$290,000