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Auction: 5018 - Stamps of Hong Kong & China
Lot: 1925

Hong Kong Treaty Ports Shanghai 1860 (16 Aug.) blue envelope addressed to Germany "Via Triest" bearing a good strike of the type 2 "shanghae" c.d.s. in red with boxed "paid" alongside (applied in Hong Kong) with rate marks of "1/-" in red crayon, "6" in blue crayon and handstruck "6" struck in Trieste; German transit and arrival applied on reverse. A fine and appealing example of this scarce postmark. Major Richard Pratt collection. Photo Estimate HK$ 10,000-12,000

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HK$29,000