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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6467

Hong Kong
Postal Rates
Mail to U.S.A.
Pacific Route: 1870 (12 Feb.) envelope to Brooklyn by "Pacific Mail" bearing 8c. orange tied by "B62" in black with a good strike of Hong Kong Paid All code "A" despatch c.d.s. in red, the reverse bearing large San Francisco Paid (20.3) c.d.s. in red; good to fine

The 8c. Pacific rate lasted from 1 November 1867 to 1 April 1877


Sold for
HK$1,400

Starting price
HK$1200