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Auction: 5018 - Stamps of Hong Kong & China
Lot: 1489

China Foreign Post Offices Kiaochow 1900 Second Tsingtao Provisional: 1900 (17 Aug.) a very attractive chromo-litho menu card from "Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen" featuring Japanese lady in kimono; folded to be used as a postcard and addressed to München, bearing a vertical pair of "5Pf." on 10pf. carmine-red and tied by Tsingtao despatch c.d.s.; examiner´s mark and arrival c.d.s. at left. A few imperfections but a rare franking and reputedly the only pair on cover. Hans Bothe Certificate (1976). Meiso Mizuhara collection. Photo Estimate HK$ 20,000-25,000

Sold for
HK$18,000