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Auction: 7001 - Fine Stamps & Covers of Hong Kong
Lot: 946

Japan 1883 (27 Oct.) envelope registered to the Japanese Legation in Paris bearing 1875 Bird 15s. syllabic 3 with Koban 5s. blue tied by Yokohama cork obliterators with boxed "R" and Yokohama registered octagonal datestamp, French "yokohama/paq. fr.s. no.2" (Salles 1973) datestamp in red (carried on the Menzaleh") and other transit marks, Paris arrival (9 Dec.) datestamp; vertical folding crease well away from adhesives. A very rare franking. Photo. From the Estate of the Late Count Albéric du Chastel de la Howardries (1842-1919) Estimate HK$ 30,000-40,000

Sold for
HK$40,000