Auction: CSS22 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2795
Hong Kong
1862 No Watermark
1876 (21 Dec.) blue commercial envelope to Hamburg "via Brindisi" bearing no watermark 18c. (3) tied by "B62" and showing Siemssen & Co despatch datestamp in lower left corner, the reverse with Hong Kong despatch c.d.s. and Hamburg arrival (26.1); horizontal fold at the top of the envelope, well clear of the adhesives. clean and fine. One of the latest covers bearing no watermark adhesives. B.P.A. Certificate (2016). Photo
provenance: W.H. Lu, February 1985
Sold for
HK$15,000