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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6487

Hong Kong
Postal Rates
Fourth U.P.U. Rate
1892 (9 June) envelope to Dankin & Dangerfield per English Mail to London bearing 2c. carmine, 4c. grey, 5c. blue and 10c. purple on red (2, one paying the late fee) tied by "B62" with code "B" despatch c.d.s. and Siemssen & Co dated handstamp; some creasing and soiling; also 1892 (15 June) printed envelope from the same correspondence bearing 4c. grey with 10c. purple on red tied by "B62" and code "C" despatch c.d.s., paying double rate. (2 covers). Not illustrated


Sold for
HK$1,600

Starting price
HK$1200