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Auction: CSS31 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 3254

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Canton
1798 (4 May) entire letter from the captain of the 'Ganges' to his brother in Scotland, rated at "4/3" with additional "1" crossed through and a good strike of "london/ship-ltr" and, on the reverse double-ring datestamp (5.2) with code "A". A very fine and early mail from Canton, especially interesting with an eleven page letter, making a fine historical document. Photo

Sold for
HK$29,000