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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6443

Hong Kong
Postal Rates
Mail to Great Britain
British Packet via Southampton, 24c. per ½oz.: 1877 (1 Apr.) envelope (lower flap missing) to London bearing 24c. pair with 2c., 4c. and 12c. tied by "B62" in black, with "1/10" rate mark in red crayon and London Paid arrival c.d.s. (20.5), the reverse with a neat strike of Hong Kong despatch c.d.s. code "C". A magnificent double-weight cover paying the late fee used on the last day of this rate. A desirable four-colour franking

This rate was used from 23 September 1861 to 1 April 1877

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

Starting price
HK$8000