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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6439

Hong Kong
Incoming Mail
Great Britain
1854 (23 June) small envelope to Sir John Bowring, Hong Kong (the Governor of Hong Kong) "Via Marseilles" bearing Embossed 10d. brown, die 2 (margins just touching to large) with 1/- green, die 2 (margins large to very large) cancelled by London numeral, the reverse with Charing Cross despatch and faint Hong Kong arrival (8.8). The 1/- stamp has been lifted and replaced. A highly desirable cover with this stunning franking. B.P.A. Certificate (1992)

Estimate
HK$10,000 to HK$15,000

Starting price
HK$8000