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Auction: 5018 - Stamps of Hong Kong & China
Lot: 1720

Hong Kong Mail of British Warships Serving on the China Station 1861 (6 Mar.) blue envelope addressed to Norfolk bearing G.B. 1856-58 1d. red-brown strip of six, paying the officer´s concessionary rate, each cancelled by a clear impression of the P.& O. mailboat cancellation "A83) with a further strike alongside; the front with manuscript "Shanghae 6/3/1861", the reverse with Hong Kong (10/3) and Norwich (2/5) c.d.s. One of the finest examples of the P.& O. cancellations and an exhibition item of the highest calibre. Major Richard Pratt collection. Photo Estimate HK$ 50,000-80,000provenance: C. Derek Houston, October 1955 literature: Hong Kong and the Treaty Ports, Webb (illustrated) Robson Lowe Encyclopedia, vol.III (illustrated)

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HK$150,000