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Auction: CSS74 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1450

Hong Kong
1863-71, Watermark Crown CC
1865 (11 Aug.) yellow envelope to U.S.A. bearing 2c. brown, 4c. grey (wing margin), 8c. pair and 24c. tied by "B62" in blue, with rate marks in red crayon, London Paid (6.10), "5/cents" accountancy handstamp and indistinct U.S. c.d.s., the reverse with a fine strike of the Hong Kong despatch c.d.s. code "C" in blue. Over pays the 45c. British packet rate via Southampton. A delightful and stunning four-colour franking. Photo

provenance:
Christie's auction, May 1995


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Sold for
HK$19,000

Starting price
HK$6000