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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6661

Hong Kong
China Expeditionary Force
F.P.O. No. 4 (Tientsin)
Official Mail: 1901 (28 Aug.) O.H.M.S. envelope to Officer in Charge of the Treasury, Calcutta and bearing the oval handstamp of the Field Controller, Military Accounts, China, the reverse with unoverprinted Q.V. ½a. tied by type 50 c.d.s., Base Office B c.d.s., Tuticorin and arrival c.d.s. (27.9). Also 1901 (22 July) O.H.M.S. envelope to Bagpipe Makers in Edinburgh bearing the large oval of the Adjutant's Office 14th Sikhs bearing India "On H. M. S." overprint tied by type 50 c.d.s., the reverse with Base Office B, Base Office and Edinburgh arrival (11.9) c.d.s. With the original letter ordering bagpipes and reeds. A good pair of covers

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

Starting price
HK$3500