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Auction: 8002 - Stamps of Hong Kong & China
Lot: 784

China Chinese Imperial Post Postal Rates — 1903-04, a group of covers with C.I.P. 1/2c. on local Soochow cover, 1/2c. and 5c. on Tientsin local registered cover and pair of 1/2c. Postage Due on unfranked local Shanghai cover with large "T" handstamp; good to fine. Major Richard Pratt collection. (3 covers) Estimate HK$ 2,000-3,000 Between 1 June 1901 and 1 September 1904, the postage rate for letters addressed within the same city, or to adjacent cities, was 1/2c.

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HK$3,200