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Auction: CSS129 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 688

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Wei Hai Wei
Liu Kung Tau
1928 (22 July) envelope registered to Kowloon bearing "china" 4c. carmine block of four (one showing the variety broken Chinese character) tied by "liu.kung.tau" code "A" c.d.s. (type E) and bearing a superb strike of the boxed "R/liu.kung.tau:b.p.o./no. 526"; the reverse bearing Hong Kong registered c.d.s. and "hong kong/kowloon" arrival c.d.s. (31.7). Fine and desirable. Photo

provenance:
Christopher D'Almada, November 1990

Estimate
HK$22,000 to HK$28,000

Starting price
HK$18000