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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6533

Hong Kong
Forwarding Agent's Cachets
Armstrong & Lawrence
1855 (9 June) envelope to Capt. N.B. Palmer in New York, marked "paid" with handstruck "33" and New York Am. Pkt c.d.s. (20.9), the reverse bearing a light strike of Hong Kong despatch, London transit plus a good strike of the large oval "forwarded by/armstrong & lawrence/hongkong"; a few small imperfections

Capt. Palmer was the discoverer of Palmer Land, later renamed Graham Land, Antarctica

Estimate
HK$3,000 to HK$4,000

Starting price
HK$1600