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Auction: CSS49 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 735

Hong Kong
1843 (27 July) entire letter to Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England sent from H.M.S. Cornwallis showing "by the Overland Mail" and bearing a very fine strike of "hong kong post office" Royal Arms oval h.s. in red, with manuscript rate in black ink, London c.d.s. (9.10) in red and the arrival c.d.s. (10.10) in black. This cover is recorded in Dr. Andrew Cheung's Hong Kong Philatelic Society survey (2001).



H.M.S. Cornwallis was the flagship on which the Treaty of Nanking was signed by Sir Henry Pottinger. He became the first Governor of Hong Kong from 1843 to 1844. By this Treaty, Hong Kong Island was ceded to the United Kingdom and the five ports Canton, Amoy, Foochowfoo, Ningpo and Shanghai were opened to English traders. Britain also gained the right to send consuls to the Treaty Ports.

Estimate
HK$70,000 to HK$100,000