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Auction: CSS56 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series
Lot: 255

China Foreign Post Offices
British Post Office
Tientsin: 1898 (21 June) envelope to London bearing pair of I.C.P. 5c. cancelled by Tientsin pa-kua in black with a good strike of Customs "tientsin" (Customs removed) in the same colour, with Hong Kong Q.V. 5c. blue pair tied by a single strike of Shanghai c.d.s.; the reverse with Shanghai Dollar dater, Hong Kong (11.7), London and Paddington (2.8) c.d.s. There is a water stain around the China stamps and the cover a little soiled


1898年天津寄英國實寄封1件，貼石印版蟠龍10分1枚，香港女王像5仙2枚，蟠龍銷天津黑色八卦戳，另銷天津6月21日海關鏟字日戳，經上海，香港中轉，有上海6月26日大圓戳，香港票銷上海27日英國客郵局戳，另有香港7月1日中轉戳，倫敦8月2日中轉戳，及8月2日到達戳，郵路清晰，保存完好

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HK$2,400

Starting price
HK$1000