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Auction: 8002 - Stamps of Hong Kong & China
Lot: 973

Foreign Post Offices United States Post Office 1887 (4 Feb.) opened-out envelope to Washington bearing 1882 5c. grey-brown tied by barred obliterator and showing a good strike of type III "u.s.postal agency/shanghai" dated oval in purple; the reverse with Customs Shanghai, San Francisco and arrival c.d.s.; vertical crease through adhesive, otherwise good. Major Richard Pratt collection Estimate HK$ 2,000-2,500

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