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Auction: CSS31 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 3242

Hong Kong
Covers and Cancellations
Military Mail
1872 (17 Oct.) blue envelope addressed to a lieutenant on H.M.B. 'Barrosa', China Station "via Brindisi" bearing G.B. 1867-80 3d. plate 8 and 1872-73 6d. chestnut plate 11 pair tied by Liverpool duplex; two vertical creases and some edge faults. Photo

HMS Barossa (1860), a wooden screw corvette with J. Watt and Co. engines, the lead ship of her class, launched in 1860 at Woolwich. She bombarded Shimonseki in 1864, and twice visited China. She was scrapped in 1877. Lieut Edwin P. Stathan as appointed to the 'Barossa in 1872

Sold for
HK$1,700