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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