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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6590

Hong Kong
Maritime Mail
P & O Mailboat Service
On Naval Mail
"A85": 1870 (24 Jan.) blue envelope to France "Via Marseilles" bearing G.B. 2d. plate 7 (2) and 1867-70 6d. lilac (2) tied by good strike strikes of "A85", a good strike of the open "paid only/to england" in black and with a fine strike of "GB/40c" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp; the reverse with Hong Kong, London (7.3), Paris and Pau arrival c.d.s. A magnificent and desirable combination of some rare markings

Sold for
HK$25,000

Starting price
HK$35000