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Auction: 7001 - Fine Stamps & Covers of Hong Kong
Lot: 997

Literature Postal Atlas of China, Inspectorate General of Customs, 1907; with 23 coloured plates (310x475mm) showing the post offices, routes and a map of the telegraph lines; extremely fine. The first Postal Working Map, comprising the whole of China, was issued in 1903. Soon the postal lines had reached such a state of development that it was no longer possible to include them all in a wall map and this volume produced. Rare and desirable Estimate HK$ 3,000-5,000

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HK$26,000