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Auction: 5018 - Stamps of Hong Kong & China
Lot: 1678

Wei Hai Wei Chinese Labour Corps 1918 (16 Dec.) "O.H.M.S." envelope addressed to Tientsin with 3c. Junk tied by Tsinan bilingual c.d.s., the reverse with a fine strike of double oval "w.o.emigration agency/paycentre tsinan" datestamp in violet. Presumably the War Office Agency was set up to pay members of the Chinese Labour Corps serving in France. Photo Estimate HK$ 1,500-2,000

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