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Auction: 8002 - Stamps of Hong Kong & China
Lot: 974

Foreign Post Offices United States Post Office 1894 (10 Apr.) Netherlands 5c. postal stationery card addressed to the British Legation, Peking, with New York Paid All (18.4), "u.s.postal agency, shanghai/rec´d" (22.5) and "customs/tientsin" type II c.d.s in red; a couple of peripheral faults. Unusual and carried to the U.S. postal agency in Tientsin before being delivered to the Chinese post. Major Richard Pratt collection. Photo Estimate HK$ 4,000-5,000

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