Auction: 8002 - Stamps of Hong Kong & China
Lot: 903
Foreign Post Offices British Post Office tientsin: 1898 (14 Jan.) manila envelope to London bearing I.C.P. 2c. and 10c. (defective) tied by pa-kua with a good strike of Tientsin Dollar chop at left, with Hong Kong 10c. purple on red with Shanghai c.d.s. tying it to the 2c., the reverse with Shanghai Dollar chop and hooded London arrival datestamp (28.2); soiled. The additional postage was to pay the winter rate, the additional 2c. may have been paid in cash. Photo
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HK$1,400