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Auction: CSS121 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 335

Foreign Post Offices
Italian Post Office
Uncancelled Mail
1937 (10 Dec.) Parodi envelope from Shanghai to Genoa bearing Imperial series 10c., 35c. (2) and 50c. (2) cancelled by the 33mm double-circle "napoli/concentramento poste" datestamp (type VIII) with the arrival postmark on the reverse; also 1940 (9 Sept.) illustrated envelope from Tientsin to Naples bearing Imperial series 50c. tied by the double-circle "castellamare di stabia/(napoli)", the reverse with censor label with numeral handstamp with transit c.d.s. including the Tientsin Battalion double-circle in purple. (2 covers)

Sometimes the uncancelled mail was postmarked in Naples, where all the correspondence from the Italian colonies were concentrated

Estimate
HK$1,200 to HK$1,500

Starting price
HK$600