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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6595

Hong Kong
Maritime Mail
French Mailboat Service
Ship Name Datestamp: 'Cambodge'; 1864 (30 Apr.) 8c. yellow-buff, no watermark bearing a fine strike of Cambodge double-circle type B c.d.s. Fine. A rare and desirable postmark, Webb records only three Hong Kong stamps cancelled by a ship's datestamp, this is believed to be one of only two 'Cambodge'.

The 'Cambodge' made only 13 voyages between 1864-72. The ship left Hong Kong on 26th April and arrived in Saigon on 30th April

Estimate
HK$10,000 to HK$20,000

Starting price
HK$7000