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Auction: CSS121 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 451

Hong Kong
Postal History
Post Office Hong Kong
1842 (June) envelope carried privately to Capt. Henry Smith "HM Ship Druid, Hong Kong or Bombay" and sent "Via Aden" bearing a fair strike of the rare "post office/hong kong/184" with manuscript "2" and a light strike of boxed "bombay/ship letter/bearing" datestamp and manuscript "1" rate mark. Clean and fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2017). Photo

Sailing from Amoy, H.M.S. Druid was in Hong Kong between 2nd and 18th June before departing for Bombay. A note previous to this in late 1841 when piracy remained a source of much trouble, especially in the vicinity of Amoy, where, on one occasion, a boat of the Druid, Captain Henry Smith, lost several men by the sudden blowing up of a large junk at the moment of boarding.

Estimate
HK$200,000 to HK$240,000

Starting price
HK$180000