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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6444

Hong Kong
Postal Rates
Mail to Great Britain
British Packet via Marseilles, 32c. per ½oz.: 1865 (23 Aug.) small commercial envelope to Edinburgh "p M.I. Str." bearing 8c. and 24c. cancelled by "B62" in black with "1/5" and "1" rate marks in red ink and London Paid transit (10.10), the reverse with a good strike of Smith, Archer & Co forwarding agent's handstamp in red, the despatch c.d.s. and Prestonpans arrival (11.10). A charming cover

This rate was in use from 1 August 1863 to 2 December 1870

Estimate
HK$6,000 to HK$8,000

Starting price
HK$4500