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Auction: 7001 - Fine Stamps & Covers of Hong Kong
Lot: 869

China Austrian Post Office 1900-19, a selection of documents of the Austrian military detachment in Tientsin and Peking which includes 1900 letter signed by the major-general of the China Relief Expedition, registered letter receipts (2), letter receipts (7) including "AR", Parcel Post receipts "Via Gibraltar" (3), postal receipts via the Japanese Post Office Peking (3) and German Post Office Peking (10) and Tientsin (5), Express Letter receipts from Peking (18) and Tientsin City (5); also telegrams, Submarine Telegraph receipt (9), Chinese Telegraph Company (3), Chinese Telegraph administration (3) and others, an unusual receipt from the Chinese Government Telephone Administration plus railway warrants and other receipts and documents. Most items bear the handstamp of either the Austrian marine detachment in Peking (blue) or Tientsin (red); an interesting group Estimate HK$ 3,000-5,000

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HK$27,000