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Auction: CSS121 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 329

Foreign Post Offices
Italian Post Office
1925-43 The Black Battalion
1937 (6 June) battalion envelope with device on flap, registered to Venice, via Rome, bearing, on the reverse, Imperial series 5c., 20c. and 50c. (4) cancelled by the double-ring "battag. italiano in cina/tientsin" datestamp with the arrival c.d.s. alongside; the face bears a blank registration label with manuscript "Batt. It. Cina" in red crayon

Estimate
HK$1,200 to HK$1,800

Starting price
HK$800