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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6619

Hong Kong
Maritime Mail
German Mailboat Service
Sydney - Hong Kong: 1903 (15 Aug.) Caroline Islands 5pf. postal stationery card to Hamburg, posted in Ponape and cancelled by a fine strike of "deutsche seepost/sydney/hong kong" c.d.s. (15.8) with Jaluit, Marshall Islands (19.8) and Hamburg arrival (12.10) c.d.s. Clean and fine

The mail between Hong Kong and Sydney was carried by Jaluit Co. between January 1902 and autumn 1904. The mail was routed via Jaluit, Ponape, Yap and Palau to Hong Kong


Estimate
HK$4,000 to HK$6,000

Starting price
HK$2800