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Auction: 6010 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World - Washington Philatelic Exhibition Auction
Lot: 143

x Hong Kong 1898 (3 Mar.) U.P.U. picture postcard from Hong Kong to a naval lieutenant at Tsintau Fort, Kiauchow, bearing 2c. carmine pair sharing Lauts Wegener & Co. senders cachet in violet and Hong Kong c.d.s. and showing below, a superb strike of the boxed "missent to/anping, taiwan" handstamp in red and with Anping c.d.s. (15/3) at lower left corner, the reverse with two Amoy (18/3) and Shanghai (28/3) c.d.s.; the card with vertical crease and small surface fault at left , nevertheless an attractive and remarkable Missent handstamp Estimate US$ 8,000-10,000

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