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Auction: 26014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 5109

(x) Hong Kong
Treaty Ports
Swatow
1885 (13 Aug.) large "on her majesty's service" envelope registered to Hong Kong, bearing 5c. blue and 10c. blue-green (3, on defective corner) tied by very fine strikes of the sub-office "S2" obliterator (thin, wide type) in black (Webb type Aii) with the characteristic type C despatch c.d.s. and a superb strike of the large "R" in circle. There is some creasing that does not detract from this highly important cover, very few are recorded from the sub-office.

This is the latest recorded date of us of the "S2" and c.d.s. on cover (Webb) and the earliest use of the registration handstamp (Proud). A magnificent cover. Photo

provenance:
James Riddell, March 1974
Christopher D'Almada, November 1990
Neil Christensen, January 2008

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£2,000 to £3,000

Starting price
£2000