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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6786

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Canton
Pre-adhesive Period
1826 (30 Dec.) entire letter to Nantes, France bearing straight-line "angleterre" in red with different manuscript rate marks including "1/2", the reverse bearing manuscript "London 10 May 1827 Forwarded by ... Gregson & Co", London datestamp (15.5) and examiner's handstamp; horizontal filing fold, fresh. The letter includes an order for 12 dozen bottles of best Champagne and 12 dozen bottles of best French claret.

Sold for
HK$1,000

Starting price
HK$1000