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Auction: 7014 - Europe & Overseas
Lot: 1496

Wreck Covers 1918 (May) envelope from Lisbon, Portugal, addressed to Wenchow, China bearing one remaining Portuguese stamp tied by despatch c.d.s. and censor handstamp, three additional stamps have been washed off, with a fine strike of the framed "received damaged/at hong kong" (Webb DD, Proud 193) with Wenchow bilingual c.d.s. alongside and an array of backstamps. A very early date of the Hong Kong instructional mark on this cover from an unknown wreck. Photo Estimate £ 100-120

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£380