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Auction: 19056 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part III
Lot: 5090

Hankow
British Consular Post
1869 (10 Sept.) half of a Rainbow wrapper addressed to Hankow "Via Marseilles" bearing G.B. 1867-80 6d. violet plate 8 and 10d. red-brown with wing margin tied by London "105" duplex and showing, on the flap, a good strike of the Hong Kong to Shanghai type 6 marine sorter dated 1869 (22-26 Oct.). Very early use of this rare marine sorting postmark (Webb's Scarcity Guide RRR). Photo

Estimate
HK$4,000 to HK$6,000