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Auction: CSS121 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 248

Foreign Post Offices
British Post Office
China Expeditionary Force
British Railway Administration

Tientsin: 1901 (20 Apr.) Captain Twining envelope to Tongku beaing pair of C.E.F. 3p. tied by neat strikes of F.P.O. No.4 with B.R.A. 5c. on ½c. variety surcharge inverted tied by "railway post office/tientsin" postmark, the reverse bearing F.P.O. No.4 c.d.s.; a few light age marks around the railway stamp, otherwise clean and fine. Used on the first day of the service. A rare stamp on cover. B.P.A. Certificate (1987). Photo


Estimate
HK$40,000 to HK$50,000

Starting price
HK$28000