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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6474

Hong Kong
Postal Rates
Mail to Other Countries
Indo-China: 1869 (25 May) entire letter to Saigon "pr. P.& O. Str 'Emeu'" bearing 8c. cancelled by "B62", with manuscript rate mark in black and Grun & Co. company handstamp; redirected to France, the reverse bears an array of handstamps with Hong Kong, Singapore, Saigon (18.6), Bordeaux (2.8) and others; horizontal filing crease and a little soiled

The British packet rate to India was 8c., from 27 January 1866 to 1 April 1879

For an 1865 cover to Saigon, see lot 6596

Estimate
HK$2,000 to HK$3,000

Starting price
HK$1200