Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6636
Hong Kong
Military and Naval Mail
Soldiers' Rate, 2d.
1880 (15 Dec.) printed Royal Navy Hospital envelope to London, sent by Stephen McCarthy a seaman on H.M.S. 'Encounter', bears 1881 1d. Venetian red (2) tied by London "28" barred oval with Hong Kong despatch c.d.s. alongside and, on the reverse, Barnet arrival (23.1); soiled. A scarce envelope
Estimate
HK$2,000 to HK$3,000
Starting price
HK$1200