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
Sold for
HK$3,800
Starting price
HK$1500