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Auction: 15026 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 202

(x) China
1897 Surcharges
1898 (21 Aug.) envelope addressed to Lieut. Dundas on H.M.S. 'Argonaut', Channel Squadron, England bearing Small Figures ½c. on 3ca. (4), 2c. on 2ca., 1c. on Small Dragon 1ca. and Large figures 5c. on 5ca. tied by Hankow Dollar chops with Hong Kong 10c. purple on red over one of the ½c. tied by Shanghai c.d.s. and with Shanghai Dollar chop on the reverse. A little roughly opened at top and one ½c. folded over the edge of the envelope, a very unusual and rare combination franking. Photo

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Sold for
£2,500