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Auction: CSS56 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series
Lot: 253

China Foreign Post Offices
British Post Office
Foochow: 1898 (3 June) envelope to Birmingham bearing pair of I.C.P. 5c. tied by a fine strike of the Foochow Dollar dater with a second strike (7.6) alongside with Hong Kong 10c. purple on red tied by Hong Kong (11.6) c.d.s.; the reverse with Birmingham arrival c.d.s. (11.7). There is a small tear at right and light soiling


1898年福州寄英國實寄封1件，貼石印版蟠龍5分橫雙聯，香港女王像10仙1枚，蟠龍銷福州6月3日大圓戳，郵件因故在福州滯留4天，另銷福州7日同戳式大圓戳，經香港中轉時香港票銷11日戳，有英國7月11日到達戳，保存完好，少見

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HK$3,800

Starting price
HK$1500