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Auction: 21042 - The Opium Wars Collection
Lot: 158

The Second Opium War
French Forces in Hong Kong
Bureau A
Incoming Mail: 1860 (8 July) neat envelope to Captain Charles Favin of the French frigate 'la Renommee' in Hong Kong, by "Marseille et Suez", bears imperf. Napoleon 40c. (just cut into in places) tied by petit chiffes with Rochefort-S-Mer despatch c.d.s., underpaid and with boxed "affranchissement/insuffisant" struck in red, handstruck "6" tax mark and a good strike of "corps exp. chine/bau a" c.d.s. over "ceca" in lozenge, the reverse with transit and a fine strike of the Bureau A c.d.s. (19.8). A good cover with character

For other mail to 'la Renommee', see lot 163


1860年7月8日由法國寄法軍駐香港護衛艦"La Renommee"入境封, 封上端寫有 "Marseille et Suez" 字樣, 貼無齒拿破倫40c. 票, 銷"CECA" 菱型戳和" Corps Exp. Chine/ Bau A" 雙圈戳. 另蓋petit chiffes "Rochefort-S-Mer" 調發雙圈戳. 因欠資蓋有紅色長框型 "Affranchissement/Insuffisant" 指示戳攻"6" 欠資印記. 封背有中轉戳及完整及清晰法軍A基地8月19日日戳. 品相中上.

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