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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6475

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Australia: 1873 (3 Nov.) Nicholson envelope to Melbourne "Via Galle" bearing horizontal pair of 24c. (wing margin at right) cancelled by "B62" with large "2/-" rate mark in red ink, the reverse with despatch and arrival (13.12) c.d.s. With manuscript notation indicating that this originated in "Foochow 31 Oct 1873"


French packet to Australia via Galle, 24c. per ½ ounce, 22 August 1863 to 1 February 1880

Estimate
HK$3,000 to HK$5,000

Starting price
HK$2000