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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6902

Hong Kong Treaty Ports in Japan
Yokohama
"Y1" Obliterator
1874 (5 Oct.) envelope to Milan "Italy via Brindisi" bearing vertical pair of 1863-71 8c. pale orange tied by two good strikes of the thick "Y1" in blue and showing unframed "P.D." in red, the reverse bearing a fine strike of Yokohama code "A" despatch c.d.s. in blue, Hong Kong, Brindisi and Milan arrival c.d.s. (22.11); fine and attractive. Pays the premium rate via Brindisi

provenance:
Christopher D'Almada, November 1990

Sold for
HK$17,000

Starting price
HK$9000