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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6480

Hong Kong
Postal Rates
Third U.P.U. Rate
1881 (21 Feb.) envelope registered to Bombay "per S.S. 'Zanzibar'" bearing 1880 10c. mauve (2) cancelled by "B62" with code "B" c.d.s. and large "R" in circle (red) alongside; the reverse with Bombay arrival (11.3); the adhesives are close to the edge and some staining at left edge

provenance:
Milo Rowell, October 1992


The 10c. rate and 10c. for registration was introduced on 18th February 1880 to 31 December 1890

Sold for
HK$1,700

Starting price
HK$700