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Auction: CSS56 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series
Lot: 78

China
Customs Post
Pakhoi
1894 (9 July) envelope to Shanghai bearing Hong Kong 5c. blue tied by a fine strike of "customs/pakhoi" type D2 and showing a superb strike of the oval "pakhoi customs/mail matter" struck in red; the reverse with another Pakhoi Customs c.d.s. and Hong Kong transit (13.7). Pays the 5c. inter-port rate.


A stunning and remarkable cover bring one of only five Pakhoi Customs Mail Matter covers recorded


1894年北海寄上海實寄封1件，貼香港女王像5仙1枚，銷北海7月9日海關日戳，封面另蓋罕見紅色橢圓形北海海關公文戳，郵件經香港中轉，有香港7月13日中轉戳，郵戳清晰，保存完好，少見

Sold for
HK$180,000

Starting price
HK$160000