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Auction: 14011 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong with Japan and Korea
Lot: 2462

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Yokohama
1868 (25 July) commercial entire letter to Lyons "viâ Marseilles" bearing 2c. brown, 8c. bright orange and 30c. vermilion (blunt corner perf.) tied by black "B62" with "p.p." in red and boxed "P.D." in black with Suez (19.9) transit c.d.s. in red, the reverse with a fine strike of the despatch c.d.s. in black, Hong Kong (5.8) and Lyon arrival (19.9) c.d.s.; a light horizontal filing fold does not detract from this fresh and appealing, three-colour franking paying the triple rate. Photo

Sold for
HK$26,000