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Auction: 5023 - Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles & B.E.
Lot: 859

x HONG KONG Treaty Ports Shanghai 1865 (2 June) entire from Messrs. L. Kniffler and Co. in Yokohama to Messrs. Borjau Hubener and Co. in Shanghai, marked "Pr Str. Nepaul", bearing two 4c. grey beautifully tied by very rare "sunburst" cancellation in blue and showing, on reverse, superb "shanghae" despatch c.d.s. in blue. Extremely rare, Webb only recorded three covers bearing stamps with this cancellation Estimate £ 30,000-35,000 provenance: George E Burghard, January 1961 Ryohei Ishikawa, December 1980

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£30,000