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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6477

Hong Kong
Postal Rates
First U.P.U. Rate
1878 (21 Mar.) Davis envelope to Kilburn, London "Per French Mail" bearing 12c. deep blue tied by "B62" with code "A" despatch alongside, there is a diamond "I.S./2" Inland Section examiner's handstamp in red; there are three different London datestamps (24.4) on the reverse. Part of the flap is missing; unusual

The first U.P.U. rate was introduced on 1 April 1877 until 31 March 1879

Estimate
HK$1,500 to HK$2,500

Starting price
HK$900