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Auction: 14011 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong with Japan and Korea
Lot: 2460

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Swatow
1922 (10 Jan.) registered newspaper wrapper to Cheltenham bearing "china" 10c. (3) and 4c. cancelled by "british post office/swatow" code "-D-" c.d.s. with a fine strike of the boxed "swatow.b.p.o." registration handstamp with Hong Kong and London registered datestamps alongside; some heavy staining in places. A good example of this rare marking, particularly important being on a wrapper. Photo

Sold for
HK$11,000