Sydney to Hong Kong in use of QV hexagonal QV stamps 1-shilling &
6-pence 22 October 1862, an entire sent from Sydney to Hong Kong,
affixed
Sydney to Hong Kong in use of QV hexagonal QV stamps 1-shilling &
6-pence 22 October 1862, an entire sent from Sydney to Hong Kong,
affixed with QV 1-shilling and QV 6-pence in hexagonal six-sided
frame (SG 127 or SG127), typo-graphed by Perkins Bacon, cancelled
by "SYDNEY/62/OC 22/A". On the reverse side, cancelled by arrival
HK c.d.s. "HONG-KONG DE 11 62". Seldom used stamp for the hexagonal
QV stamps sent from Australia to Far East.
澳洲雪梨寄香港,貼維多利亞六邊形女皇像郵票-1862年郵簡
1862年10月22日,自澳洲雪梨(Sydney)寄往香港之郵簡,貼有維多利亞女皇像六邊形郵票兩枚:1先令與6便士(SG127
或SG127a),由英國 Perkins Bacon 公司凹版印刷。郵票蓋銷「SYDNEY/62/OC 22 /
A」四行式日戳,為新南威爾士時期標準格式。 封背蓋有清晰**「HONG-KONG / DE
11/62」**之到達戳,顯示本件郵簡歷時約50日抵達香港。 澳洲維多利亞六邊形女皇郵票用於寄往遠東地區(如香港)屬於罕見之實寄範例。
