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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6894

Hong Kong Treaty Ports in Japan
Nagasaki
"B62" Period
1866 (27 Apr.) blue commercial wrapper to Hong Kong bearing 1863-71 8c. pale orange just tied by "B62" in black with a neat "4" rate mark in orange crayon alongside, with a fair strike of "texton & co/nagasaki" company oval in blue, the reverse bearing Shanghae (1.5) c.d.s. in blue an Hong Kong arrival (6.5); there are two vertical folding creases and transit notation written on the inside flap. Scarce early mail sent prior to the arrival of the Nagasaki postmarks

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

Starting price
HK$3500