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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6547

Hong Kong
Forwarding Agent's Cachets
Canton: H. Partridge Kellogg
1839 (8 July) entire from Canton to London " ... via U. States" rated "1/-" and bearing, on the flap, a light strike of oval "forwarded/by/h. partridge/kellogg/canton" in red (45 x 24mm) plus manuscript instructions, "Forwarded from Macao July 26th 1839", "St. Helena, 27th Oct 1839" and "Forwarded from St Helena by the U States Consul"; with boxed "india letter/deal" and London arrival (21.12) across the forwarding agent's cachet; horizontal filing fold. Scarce mail via St. Helena and an unusual route

Estimate
HK$5,000 to HK$8,000

Starting price
HK$3500