Lot 2530

1872 Yokohama (3 Sep) to Italy, f.w. Hong Kong QV 8c x 4, tied by Y1 obliterator in violet, matching with Yokohama BPO origin cds in violet. Transit Hong Kong (17 Sep) with "TOO LATE" cachet which indicated it missed the connection at Hong Kong. Transit Alexandrie (23 Oct). Arrived Bologna. Flap reeled off. Illustration plate 55 in "Hong Kong and the Treaty Ports of China and Japan" by Webb.

1872.9.3 橫濱寄意大利，貼香港維多利亞女皇像8仙x4，銷Y1紫色殺手戳，旁鈐橫濱英局始發紫色日戳。9.17經香港，另見“TOO LATE”橫戳，顯示在香港未及趕班。10.23經亞歷山大港。抵博洛尼亞。封舌缺失。Webb《Hong Kong and the Treaty Ports of China and Japan》Plate 55原件。