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China Postal stationery

Hong Kong Pre-philately

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China Postal stationery

Lot 118

1,300.00 HKD

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1898 Peking (29 Nov) to Germany. ICP 1st Print PSC, uprated by Coiling Dragon 4c, tied by Peking dollar cds. Transit Shanghai Chinese PO (3

1898 Peking (29 Nov) to Germany. ICP 1st Print PSC, uprated by Coiling Dragon 4c, tied by Peking dollar cds. Transit Shanghai Chinese PO (3 Dec). In combination with Hong Kong QV 2c in pair, tied by Shanghai BPO cds. Transit Hong Kong. Arrived Hagenau (8 Jan). 2008 (20 Jan) Spink China, lot 794. 1898.11.29 北京寄德國。大清第一版郵資片，加貼蟠龍4分，銷北京大圓戳。12.3經上海中國郵局。加貼香港維多利亞女皇像2仙雙連，銷上海英局日戳。經香港。1.8抵Hagenau。2008.1.20 斯賓克中國，拍品號794。

Hong Kong Pre-philately

Lot 1732

4,800.00 HKD

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1842 (12 Nov) Eastern Expedition Letter at the First Opium War Written in Hong Kong, November 12th, 1842 to a Lieutenant of the 40th

1842 (12 Nov) Eastern Expedition Letter at the First Opium War Written in Hong Kong, November 12th, 1842 to a Lieutenant of the 40th Regiment Infantry stationed in Calcutta, India, with a boxed stamp of “CALCUTTA SHIP LETTER / 12 November 1842 / Bearing 15 Annas”; manuscript “2” at the back. The Eastern Expedition military mail was basically rare. 第一次鴉片戰爭東征軍事郵件此信於1842年11月12日從香港寄出，收件人為駐印度加爾各答的第40步兵團中尉，信封加蓋「CALCUTTA SHIP LETTER / 1842年11月12日 / 郵資15安那」方框戳，背面手寫「2」字樣。此類東征軍事郵件極為罕見。