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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6510

Hong Kong
British Post Offices in China
Pakhoi
1897 (22 Feb.) envelope to New Jersey bearing bilingual "PAID" handstamp in black, covered by Hong Kong 10c. purple on red which is tied by Pakhoi pa-kua and Hong Kong c.d.s. (25.2), the lower left corner with Customs Pakhoi despatch c.d.s.; the reverse shows Customs House Pakhoi, further Hong Kong c.d.s. plus transit and Plainfield arrival (5.4) c.d.s. A rare and desirable combination

provenance:
Lt. Col L.T. Rose-Hutchinson, November 1949

Sold for
HK$30,000

Starting price
HK$7000