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Auction: 5018 - Stamps of Hong Kong & China
Lot: 1924

Hong Kong Treaty Ports Shanghai 1853 (July) small mourning envelope addressed to Philadelphia bearing a fair to good strike of the Crowned Circle "shanghai post office/paid" handstamp with neat New York American Packet c.d.s. alongside with rate marks "1/8", "16" and "4" in red ink, the reverse with Hong Kong type 9 c.d.s. (15/7). A very collectable example of this rare marking of which only about ten covers have been recorded. Major Richard Pratt collection. Photo Estimate HK$ 100,000-140,000

Sold for
HK$120,000