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Auction: CSS22 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2169

China
1898-1910 Chinese Imperial Post
Covers
Post Office

— 1903 (July) red band cover to Hangku bearing C.I.P. ½c. (2, one each side) both cancelled by very good strikes of Taiyuanfu Post Office rectangle with date insertion, with Chengting dated oval (15.7), bilingual Tientsin c.d.s. (17.7), Dollar dater (18.7), with a further Post Office rectangular handstamp and Hangku town rectangular box with date insertion; tone spotting and central crease. A good combination of strikes. Showing the 1c. rate used between 1902-04. Photo


Estimate
HK$30,000 to HK$35,000