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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6781

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Amoy
Later Mail
1901 (28 Oct.) envelope and enclosure to France bearing 5c. blue tied by Amoy c.d.s. The envelope features a detailed pen and ink drawing of a Chinese junk with pagoda in the background and bearing, on the reverse, Victoria Hong Kong (30.10) and St. Jean de Luz arrival c.d.s.; the enclosure on H.M.S. Albion, China stationery paper gives an interesting description of life on Amoy with a detailed sketch map on the reverse. Delightful

For 20c. on 30c. block of four, see lot 6740

Estimate
HK$5,000 to HK$10,000

Starting price
HK$3500