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Auction: 8002 - Stamps of Hong Kong & China
Lot: 786

China Chinese Imperial Post Postal Rates — 1903 (30 Nov.) envelope registered to Tientsin bearing C.I.P. 2c. and 4c. tied by Peking bilingual c.d.s. with registered handstamp alongside, arrival on reverse; paying 1c. plus 5c. registration; also 1904 covers from Chekiang to Shanghai and from Changsha to Kiukiang plus July 1910 red band covers, each with single 1c. franking. Major Richard Pratt collection. (4 covers) Estimate HK$ 2,000-2,500 The domestic rate was reduced to 1c. between 1st June 1901 and 4th August 1910

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HK$3,800