Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6903
Hong Kong Treaty Ports in Japan
Yokohama
"Y1" Obliterator
1878 (23 July) envelope to Upsala, Sweden "via Brindisi" bearing 12c. blue (right wing margin) tied by a good strike of thick "Y1" in black with Yokohama code "A" despatch c.d.s. in black alongside with a faint strike of French packet octagonal datestamp in red, the reverse with Hong Kong and arrival c.d.s. (19.9); fractionally reduced at right. An unusual destination
Sold for
HK$17,000
Starting price
HK$7000