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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6819

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Foochow
"B62" Period
1864 (16 Aug.) entire letter to New York "p Messageries Imperiales str. ... via Marseilles" bearing 1862 24c. green and 1863-71 30c. vermilion tied by "B62" in blue-black, rate mark "2/2½" in red crayon, London Paid c.d.s. (7.10) "5/cents" accountancy handstamp and "PAID", the flap with two strike of Hong Kong c.d.s. (23.8). The contents give details of trade in Foochow. Vertical filing fold. A good early stamped cover

This letter was sent before the introduction of the Foochowfoo c.d.s. in 1867


For an 1873 cover to Melbourne, see lot 6475

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

Starting price
HK$3500