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Auction: CSS102 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 1
Lot: 6204

Hong Kong
1885 Surcharges
20c. on 30c. orange variety surcharge double, unused without gum. An outstanding rarity of Hong Kong philately; only two examples recorded, the other being in the Royal Collection. R.P.S. Certificate (1995). S.G. 40a

provenance:
Lt. Col. L.T. Rose-Hutchinson, November 1949


Sold for
HK$750,000

Starting price
HK$180000