Lot 2321

1874 Shanghai (20 Mar) to Hong Kong. Entire letter, sent "pr Meikong" and rated "7", f.w. Hong Kong QV 6c + 8c, tied by type IV S1 obliterator in blue, matching with Shanghae BPO Webb type Bi cds in blue. Arrived Hong Kong (23 Mar). Given the higher cost compared with British or private ships, existing examples carried by French ships are rare. One of the 6 recorded covers carried by French packet to Hong Kong.

1874.3.2 上海寄香港。郵簡，寫有“pr Meikong”及郵資“7”，貼香港維多利亞女皇像6仙 + 8仙，銷IV型藍色S1殺手戳，另鈐上海英局Webb Bi型藍色日戳。3.23抵香港。由於與英國或私人船隻相比，使用法國郵船成本更高，故存世例子難得少見。為六件經法國郵船寄香港例子之一。