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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6478

Hong Kong
Postal Rates
Second U.P.U. Rate
1879 (19 Apr.) envelope to Edinburgh then redirected to London bearing 8c. orange tied by "B62" with code "A" c.d.s. alongside plus Edinburgh duplex (26.5), the reverse with Edinburgh, London and Paddington datestamps; some peripheral wear, mostly confined to the reverse. Early use of this new postal rate

This rate ran from 1 April 1879 to 17 February 1880

Estimate
HK$1,500 to HK$2,000

Starting price
HK$900