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Auction: 5023 - Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles & B.E.
Lot: 771

x HONG KONG 1876 (9 Nov.) double-rate envelope from Hong Kong to Shelly Davis in London, marked "via Brindisi", bearing two examples of 28c. on 30c. mauve, one with broken "gkon" of "hongkong", tied by "B62" obliterators in black, showing arrival c.d.s. (16.12) at left and despatch c.d.s. on reverse; some creasing at right, rare. S.G. 21a Estimate £ 700-900 provenance: Ryohei Ishikawa, December 1980

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