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Auction: CSS90 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5378

Hong Kong
Postal History
Second Opium War
H.M.S. 'Woodcock': 1858 (18 July) envelope to Lieut. Edwin Pollard bearing G.B. 1855-57 6d. (small corner defect) tied by an oily strike of London "50" numeral, the reverse with undated "lyall pl./eaton sq." and despatch c.d.s., a small diagonal crease. Photo



H.M.S. 'Woodcock' was a Clown class gunboat, launched in 1856. Stationed in Hong Kong from November 1857, participating in the Second Opium War


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Estimate
HK$3,000 to HK$4,000

Starting price
HK$2800