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Auction: CSS46 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 6449

Foreign Post Offices
Japan Post Office
Shanghai
1878 (2 Oct.) neat envelope to U.S.A. beaing 1876-86 Koban 5s. brown tied by a fine strike of the first type cross roads cancellation with the 1878-type "i.j. postal agency/shanghai" c.d.s., faint Yokohama (11.10) and San Francisco (31.10) transit c.d.s.; a repair to one of the flaps on reverse. A very fine and attractive cover. Holcombe Certificate (1992). Photo

Carried by the Mitsubishi line to Yokohama and the Occidental and Oriental Shipping Companie's 'Gaelic' to San Francisco

Estimate
HK$5,000 to HK$6,000