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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 96

China
Foreign Post Offices
British Post Office
I.P.O. Tieprints

Amoy: 1899 (3 Nov.) Hong Kong 1c. postal stationery card to Austria, bearing I.C.P. 1c. and 2c. tied by Amoy bilingual c.d.s. and Saleburg arrival, with Hong Kong 4c. grey cancelled by a fine strike of the boxed "I.P.O." tieprint and Hong Kong c.d.s., the card also cancelled in Hong Kong. Written in Volapuk (with translation). A fine and interesting card, the Hong Kong 1c. being accepted by the Chinese Post Office for postage. Photo

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Sold for
£520

Starting price
£140