Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6909

Hong Kong Treaty Ports in Japan
Yokohama
Incoming Mail
Hong Kong: 1868 (19 Apr.) entire letter to Yokohama "pr New York" bearing 1863-71 8c. bright orange cancelled by "B62", with "4" rate mark in red ink plus a fine strike of "hong kong/paid all" code "A" c.d.s. in red alongside, the flap (which opens for display) with a fine strike of Siemssen & Co. dated handstamp; light diagonal bend. An early date for the Hong Kong Paid All datestamp (the earliest date recorded by Proud).

An interesting letter bearing the Paid All datestamp, which should only have been applied on trans-Pacific mail to U.S.A., it is possible that the ship's name led to this confusion

Sold for
HK$2,400

Starting price
HK$1600