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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2143

Hainan Island
Hainan Samah Land Post
1896 (15 May) diminutive envelope to the Hong Kong Hotel bearing a fine strike of the square Land Post handstamp with manuscript date with the associated circular Hainan Samah handstamp, both struck in reddish mauve. A neat and very appealing cover. Photo


1896年5月15日海南島三亞寄香港封， 蓋清晰暗紅色陸差郵政三亞雙框正方形戳帶框內手寫日期， 下端有另一同色雙圈圓戳， 英文字為"HAI/SAMAI/NAN"; 此寄香港之實寄封極罕見， 為研究海南郵政不可多之素材.

Estimate
HK$40,000 to HK$50,000