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Auction: 7001 - Fine Stamps & Covers of Hong Kong
Lot: 864

China The Boxer Rebellion Relief of Peking 1900 (29 Aug.) illustrated 1c. stationery card to Cairo, uprated with C.I.P. 4c. tied by Tientsin bilingual c.d.s. (overpaid) and used in combination with pair of Hong Kong 2c. carmine tied by Shanghai c.d.s., with Shanghai bilingual, Colombo, Suez and Cairo c.d.s. Interesting, eye-witness message (in French) " ... I received only one slight wound during the 55 days siege that the Europeans had to undergo in Pekin". Photo Estimate HK$ 3,000-5,000The siege ended on 14th August 1900

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HK$18,000