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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6815

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Chefoo
Chinese Post Office
1900 (17 Oct.) Russian 3k. stationery registered to U.S.A., the card uprated Kitai 1k. cancelled by Russian Chefoo c.d.s. in purple, a different Russian postmark (30.10) alongside, China C.I.P. 2c. pair and 10c. tied by Chefoo bilingual c.d.s. (30.10), partly covered by Hong Kong 2c. carmine (2) and 10c. purple on red cancelled by Shanghai (5.11) c.d.s., with Chinese large "R" in red and Shanghai "R" in circle plus Kobe and Yokohama transit c.d.s., the reverse bearing further bilingual c.d.s. and Seattle transit (30.11). Fine, an unusual and intriguing combination

provenance:
J.R. Riddell, November 1974

Sold for
HK$6,500

Starting price
HK$2800