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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6505

Hong Kong
British Post Offices in China
Chefoo
1898 (June) envelope from H.M.S. Powerful to Lady Bedford (wife of Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford) bearing C.I.P. 1c., 2c. and 4c. with C.I.P. ½c. (6) tied by Chefoo Dollar dater in blue variety day missing from date, with Hong Kong 5c. blue (2, one each side) tied by neat Shanghai c.d.s., the reverse also with indistinct Shanghai Dollar dater, Hong Kong and Kensington (18.7) arrival c.d.s.; a couple of light vertical bends. A good cover


Sold for
HK$4,200

Starting price
HK$1600