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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6426

Hong Kong
Early Instructional Marks
Too Late
1872 (14 Sept.) entire to Kurrachee "via Bombay" bearing 8c. tied by a heavy strike of "B62", rated "4" in red ink and the arrival c.d.s. (14.10) alongside, with a fine strike of the unframed "too late" (type AAii), Siemssen dated handstamp, Hong Kong and Bombay c.d.s. There is a horizontal filing fold and the paper is aged. An early date for this handstamp

Estimate
HK$1,500 to HK$2,500

Starting price
HK$900