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Auction: 5023 - Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles & B.E.
Lot: 707

x HONG KONG Issued Stamps 1895 (28 May) envelope (two vertical folding creases) to London, marked "Via Vancouver p st. 'Empress of Japan'", bearing 1891 10c. purple on red tied by a fine strike of "nagasaki/japan" c.d.s. with the boxed "paquebot" alongside (Drechsel type 1 - an early date); the reverse with Yokohama and London c.d.s. A scarce cover Estimate £ 600-700

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