Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6511
Hong Kong
British Post Offices in China
Peita Ho
1898 (29 Aug.) Dundas envelope to London, the despatch details in the top left corner, bearing I.C.P. 10c. (2) tied by Tientsin pa-kua with a light strike of the Dollar dater (31.8) alongside, pair of Hong Kong 10c. purple on red tied by Shanghai c.d.s. (3.9), the reverse with Shanghai Dollar dater (3.9 showing reversed "S") and the arrival c.d.s. (10.10)
Sold for
HK$1,700
Starting price
HK$1000