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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6508

Hong Kong
British Post Offices in China
Foochow
1859 (27 Nov.) envelope to Professor Basil Hall Chamberlain at the University of Tokyo bearing Hong Kong 5c. blue tied by Yokohama c.d.s. (1.12) bearing a fine strike of "H.M. vice consulate/pagoda island/foochow" with manuscript date, Japan "SHIP" an arrival c.d.s., the reverse (flap missing) with further Tokyo c.d.s. A rare marking

Estimate
HK$6,000 to HK$8,000

Starting price
HK$4200