Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6639
Hong Kong
Military and Naval Mail
Officers' Rate, 5d.
1881 (Nov.- Dec.) two covers from the same correspondence to Exeter from an officer on H.M.S. 'Cleopatra' (emblem on flap) bearing 1880-83 2½d. blue pair tied by London barred ovals ("10" and "28") with the Hong Kong despatch c.d.s. alongside, the first with Exeter arrival on the reverse. (2 covers)
Estimate
HK$4,000 to HK$5,000
Starting price
HK$2800