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Auction: CSS94 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 1242

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1877 (25 Aug.) Reply letter issued by the Colonial Department of Hong Kong regarding the lease of the Happy Valley Parsee Cemetery. It was signed and confirmed by Smits, acting colonial secretary at that time. a rare early historical documents of Hong Kong.


1877年8月25日香港殖民地部就答覆租用跑馬地袄教墳場全境的回函. 由當時的代理殖民部秘書斯密茨 (Smits)簽署確認. 難得一見的香港早期歷史文獻.

Estimate
HK$1,500 to HK$3,000

Starting price
HK$1500