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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6878

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Wei Hai Wei
Liu Kung Tau Dated Oval
1901 (25 Mar.) Hong Kong 10c. registered envelope (size H) to Penzance, uprated with pair of 20c. on 30c. grey-green cancelled by good strikes of the dated oval in purple, showing London Registered oval in red and Penzance arrival (8.5), the reverse with Hong Kong transit (6.4); there is a heavy central vertical fold, some soiling and staining. Sent from a soldier of the Royal Garrison Artillery, China Field Force, Wei Hai Wei. Rare with only a handful of registered covers cancelled by the dated oval, this being the only recorded size H envelope


Estimate
HK$50,000 to HK$80,000

Starting price
HK$35000