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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6898

Hong Kong Treaty Ports in Japan
Yokohama
"Y1" Obliterator
1868 (13 Nov.) wrapper to London "Per French Mail Via Marseille" bearing 1863-71 8c. dull orange (6, from two different sheets) tied by good strikes of the "Y1" in black, with small rate mark and London Paid (4.1) c.d.s.; the reverse bearing Yokohama code "A" despatch and London arrival c.d.s.; some soiling. One adhesive with a defective corner. A spectacular cover

provenance:
Sotheby's auction, March 1981

Sold for
HK$15,000

Starting price
HK$11000