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Auction: 21042 - The Opium Wars Collection
Lot: 127

The Second Opium War
Occupation of Canton
Incoming Mail
1858 (8 Mar.) envelope with enclosure to Major Alex Gibbon in China "via Marseilles" bearing 1855-57 4d. pair with 1d. Red tied by Aberdeen duplex; addressed to Calcutta and redirected there is an array of backstamps including London (9.3) and Hong Kong type 9 (2.6); the envelope is marked "Recd 6 June/58". Although the blockade had been lifted


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Estimate
HK$4,000 to HK$5,000

Starting price
HK$2800