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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6441

Hong Kong
Incoming Mail
South Africa
Anglo-Boer War: Canadian Contingent; 1900 (24 Sept.) envelope to Hong Kong bearing G.B. 1881 1d. lilac tied by Field Post Office, British Army S. Africa c.d.s. with a good strike of "canadian contingent/south africa" oval datestamp in purple, the reverse with Colombo transit (21.10) and Hong Kong arrival (5.11); some minor soiling. Thought to be the only Canadian Contingent cover addressed to Hong Kong

Estimate
HK$8,000 to HK$12,000

Starting price
HK$5500