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Auction: 5023 - Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles & B.E.
Lot: 801

x HONG KONG Incoming Mail 1868 (17 July) envelope from London to Shanghai, marked "Via Marseilles", bearing 4d. vermilion Pl. 9 and 1/- green Pl.4 and showing, on reverse, fine "hong kong & shanghae line/c/marine sorter". Very scarce Estimate £ 1,800-2,200 provenance: L.T. Rose-Hutchinson, November 1949 C. Derek Houston, October 1955

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