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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6520

Hong Kong
British Post Offices in China
Wuhu
1898 (6 May) opened out envelope to Switzerland bearing, on the reverse, I.C.P. 10c. (with top margin) tied by a superb Wuhu pa-kua with Shanghai Dollar dater, Hong Kong (12.5) and Baden arrival (12.6) c.d.s.; the address side with a fine strike of the Wuhu Dollar dater in brownish black with Hong Kong 10c. purple on red tied by Shanghae c.d.s. (9.5). A fine example of this fairly scarce marking

provenance:
Christopher D'Almada, November 1990

Sold for
HK$8,500

Starting price
HK$2000