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Auction: 7001 - Fine Stamps & Covers of Hong Kong
Lot: 887

China British Post Offices Military Mail A collection in album which commences with 1908 picture postcard of gymnastics Festival in Tientsin, a varied collection of Shanghai Volunteer Corps with 1926 1c. stationery card cancelled by Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. with instructions for monthly shooting competition, picture post card of the Shanghai Light Horse, picture postcards of International Manoeuvres 1913 (20) plus several others, 1935-36 covers bearing G.B. adhesives cancelled by F.P.O. 1 (3) or A.P.O. 1 (3), 1941 censored cover to England bearing Shanghai War Effort label (creased), 1942 stampless "On Active Service" envelope to England with boxed "treat as prepaid/and deliver free/calcutta g.p.o.", 1943 envelope from Delhi to Chungking and includes a lot of background information. An appealing lot with some scarce cards. Estimate HK$ 6,000-8,000

Sold for
HK$7,000