HK038-Main Catalogue

Ex. 1467

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1468 1903 ( 12 Dec.) A QV size H 10c registered envelope, sent to England, with QV 2c green and mixed with KE 30c, both tied by 'HONG KONG' cds. Hand stamped 'AR' in black cachet. Very nice mixed QV and KE franking on cover. Photo HKR 5,000 - 6,000

Ex. 1469

1470

1469 1903 (7 Nov.) A cover to Switzerland, bearing QV 5c yellow in pair, tied by 'HONG KONG' cds. Plus another cover to England with QV 10c purple on red to England, tied by 'HONG KONG' cds. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000 1470 1904 (8 Mar.) A KE 4c stationery card to Basel, stamp itself untied, alongside tied by 'LIGNE N/PAQ.NO.5/8.3.04' French ship cancel, 'BASEL/6.4.04' arrival cds, plus two KE or KGV stationery card , used and toned. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000

1471 1898 (27 July)An incoming registered letter fromCape of Good Hope to Shanghai, via Durban, bearing the Cape of Good Hope 2 1/2p ultramarine strip of 3 (Sc57) tied by ‘REGISTERED/EAST.LONDON’ oval cancel, alongside large ‘R’ black oval registered chop mark. On reverse with ‘DURBAN/29.7.98’, ‘HONG KONG/10.9.98’ transit and the unusual ‘SHANGHAI/REGISTERED/14.9.96’ arrival frame chop in British type. Most of the incoming letters to British China Concession were tied by the British Post Office Treaty Ports cancellations, this kind of British type arrival marking is scarce, and also a rare incmoing cover fromAfrica, very rare. Photo HK$ 7,000 - 8,000 1471

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