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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6506

Hong Kong
British Post Offices in China
Chefoo
1898 (4 July) opened-out envelope to Sydney, Australia "per German Mail" bearing (over both sides) C.I.P. ½c. (10), 1c. (10) with I.C.P. 5c. tied by Chefoo Dollar dater in blue, with pair of Hong Kong 10c. purple on red tied by Shanghai (7.7) c.d.s. plus a good strike of Sydney arrival c.d.s. (29.8); some creasing at sides and a small fragment missing. A spectacular franking

provenance:
Major James Starr, September 1991

Sold for
HK$3,000

Starting price
HK$1800