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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6638

Hong Kong
Military and Naval Mail
Soldiers' Rate, 2d.
1881 (3 Oct.) envelope to Scotland "from Pte J. McLachlan Royal Marine, H.M.S. 'Albatross', China Station" bearing pair of 1881 1d. Venetian red, one cancelled by "n.w./r.p.o./m" in red of the North Western Railway travelling post office with a second strike alongside and Hong Kong despatch, countersigned by the commanding officer, the reverse with New Galloway arrival c.d.s. (8.11). An unusual and very desirable cover with this rare postmark

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

Starting price
HK$3500