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Auction: 7001 - Fine Stamps & Covers of Hong Kong
Lot: 868

China Austrian Post Office Naval Mail 1901 (7 Oct.) picture postcard sent from Chefoo to Vienna bearing Austria 5h. tied by a very fine strike of "k.u.k. kriegsmarine/s.m.s./aspern" c.d.s. with part arrival at left; fine. Photo Estimate HK$ 6,000-8,000provenance: Robson Lowe Basel auction, March 1974 S.M.S. ´Aspern´ was stationed at Taku between 8th and 22nd September 1901 before going to Yokohama until 16th December before returning to Pola, arriving on 19th March 1902

Sold for
HK$5,500