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Auction: CSS121 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 336

Foreign Post Offices
Italian Post Office
Mail Sent via the Chinese Post
1939 (16 Feb.) official buff envelope with printed "comando superiore navale in e.o." along the top to the Italian General Consul in Hong Kong, bears Sun Yat Sen 5c. tied by large Shanghai Chinese/English dotted c.d.s.; also 1924 (11 Feb.) opened-out envelope from the ship 'Libia' addressed to a member of the Black Battalion in Tientsin and bears a pair of Junk 4c. tied by Shanghai English/Chinese c.d.s. (2 covers)

Letters sent through the Chinese Post Office could not take advantage of the free mail for official correspondence

Estimate
HK$1,000 to HK$1,200

Starting price
HK$500