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Auction: CSS121 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 552

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Shanghai
Shanghae Post Office Paid
1856 (July) envelope to West Mailtand (N.S.W.) "via Singapore", a good strike of the "shanghae post office/Crown/paid" postmark in upper corner, a light strike of Hong Kong boxed "paid" in red, handstruck "3" crossed through plus manuscript "4" and "5", the reverse bearing faint Hong Kong c.d.s., Ship Letter Sydney (11.12) and indistinct Maitland (12.12) c.d.s. It is thought that only about ten covers bearing this postmark exist. R.P.S. Certificate (2002). Photo

provenance:
Norman Bennett, September 2004

Estimate
HK$50,000 to HK$80,000

Starting price
HK$50000