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Auction: CSS121 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 239

Foreign Post Offices
British Post Office
China Expeditionary Force
Field Post Office No. 4 (Tientsin): 1900 (1 Sept.) envelope (flap missing) to Calcutta "On Field Service no stamps available", sent under C.E.F. order 942 through F.P.O. No.4 to Base Office where 1900 "C.E.F." 1a. plum was added and tied by Base Office c.d.s. type 1 (3.9), the reverse bearing F.P.O. No.4 (1.9), Tuticorn (28.9) and Wellesley Street, Calcutta (4.10) c.d.s.; several light tone spots, very scarce. Photo

provenance:
Wilson Wong, February 1994

Estimate
HK$3,000 to HK$5,000

Starting price
HK$1800