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Auction: CSS12 - The Philatelic Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1176

1898 (16 Oct.) incoming envelope registered from Sudan to French Legation, Peking (29.11) via Suez (21.10) , Caire (22.10) and Colombo (4.11), bearing on front and reverse Sudan 1897 Camel Post 1m. (10) and 5m. (4), cancelled by "Wadi Nalfa" c.d.s., showing on reverse "Tientsin" transit dollar chop in blue (29.11, Kuang Hsu 24th year, 10th month, 16th day with "24th year" unusually denoted at left) and same-day "Peking" arrival dollar chop; a very early incoming cover from Africa to China, appealing. Photo

Estimate
HK$50,000 to HK$60,000