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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6455

Hong Kong
Postal Rates
Mail to Europe
Turkey: 1866 (24 July) entire letter to Constantinople "Per Messagr Imp:" bearing 24c. green pair and 30c. vermilion pair tied by "B62" in black, with rate mark in red crayon, "P.P.", boxed "PD", French packet boat datestamp and Vaucher & Co company oval, the reverse with despatch c.d.s., French transit and the arrival c.d.s. (15.9). A good double-rate cover overpaid by 2c.

French Mail Boats to Turkey, 38c. per ¼ ounce; 22 August 1863 to 16 February 1871

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

Starting price
HK$6000