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Hongkong Treaty Ports

Lot 1503

5,000.00 HKD

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First Opium War - The Opium Trade 4 Opium trade related Edward Crooke 局碌 correspondences Amongst the four, there are 3 mails from Opium

First Opium War - The Opium Trade 4 Opium trade related Edward Crooke 局碌 correspondences Amongst the four, there are 3 mails from Opium Clipper Ship Hercules dated separately at 1836 (July 4, July 24, Aug 3), letters written on board the 'Hercules' at Cumsingoon Island to Edward Crooke in Canton; there are no postal markings other than a Chinese ink characters "局碌"on the flap; there is a usual filing fold. 3 good mails from Cumsingmoon. Another entire, dated 6 July 1836, is sent from Manila to Canton, endorsed by a private ship "p. Cabot". No postal mark since the mail is carried by a private ship. Hercules was built at Calcutta in 1814. She traded between Britain and India under a license from the British East India Company, before returning to Calcutta registry. She then traded opium between India and China before becoming an opium receiving ship for Jardine Matheson. In 1839 she was one of the vessels that surrendered her store of opium to be burned at the behest of Chinese officials at Canton.一組四件鴉片商人局祿書簡

Lot 1504

5,000.00 HKD

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1842 China War Medal awarded to Stephen Haywood onboard HMS Larne who participated the in Battle of the Chuenpi. With pages of reference

1842 China War Medal awarded to Stephen Haywood onboard HMS Larne who participated the in Battle of the Chuenpi. With pages of reference and documents about the medal. Suitable for further study. The China War Medal was issued by the British Government in 1843 to members of the British and Indian forces who took part in the First Opium War (1839–42). The medal was designed by William Wyon who was also a eminent engraver for its multiple classic British coinage designs.1842年中國戰役勳章，授予英軍戰艦Larne號之海員Stephen Haywood。此英軍成員曾參與穿鼻之戰等。附有多頁之相關記錄及文獻，適合接續研究細閱。中國戰役勳章由英國政府於1843年授予參與第一次鴉片戰爭之英國及英印軍人。此章由著名雕刻師William Wyon設計，不少經典英國錢幣出自其手筆。

Lot 1505

5,000.00 HKD

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1842 China War Medal awarded to G.H. Harper onboard HMS Rattlesnake who participated the in Battle of the Canton. With pages of reference

1842 China War Medal awarded to G.H. Harper onboard HMS Rattlesnake who participated the in Battle of the Canton. With pages of reference and documents about the medal. Suitable for further study. The China War Medal was issued by the British Government in 1843 to members of the British and Indian forces who took part in the First Opium War (1839–42). The medal was designed by William Wyon who was also a eminent engraver for its multiple classic British coinage designs.1842年中國戰役勳章，授予英軍戰艦Rattlesnake號之海員G.H. Harper。此英軍成員曾參與廣州戰役等。附有多頁之相關記錄及文獻，適合接續研究細閱。中國戰役勳章由英國政府於1843年授予參與第一次鴉片戰爭之英國及英印軍人。此章由著名雕刻師William Wyon設計，不少經典英國錢幣出自其手筆。

Lot 1516

400.00 HKD

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1902 Hong Kong King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra Coronation Medal (diameter 37mm), with ribbon. This bronze medal was presented to

1902 Hong Kong King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra Coronation Medal (diameter 37mm), with ribbon. This bronze medal was presented to British and Indian Officers and other ranks who served in the colony of Hong Kong as well as to some members of the local police.1902年香港愛德華七世及亞歷山大皇后加冕紀念銅章（直徑37毫米），連緞帶。此章贈予香港之英國及印度官員以及若干本地警察。

Lot 1526

7,000.00 HKD

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1849 England (24 Apr) to Captain Edmund Mowbray Lyons onboard HMS Pilot, Hong Kong. Entire letter, sent “By overland India Mail”,

1849 England (24 Apr) to Captain Edmund Mowbray Lyons onboard HMS Pilot, Hong Kong. Entire letter, sent “By overland India Mail”, applied with London PAID origin d.s. and Hong Kong double-arc (13 Jun) arrival cds. with Original 4 page letter & detailed research notes of Captain Lyons.Also included is a biographical dossier on Captain Edmund Mowbray Lyons, showing his service record from 1825 to his death in action at Sebastopol in 1855. Lyons was the son of Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, one of Britain’s most celebrated naval commanders of the Crimean War. At the time of this letter, Captain Lyons commanded H.M.S. Pilot on the East Indies & China Station, making this a highly desirable piece of early Hong Kong naval postal history. 1849.4.24 英國寄香港之英軍軍艦Pilot號Capt. Lyons，寫有“By overland India Mail”，鈐倫敦已付始發日戳及6.13香港雙弧到達戳。附謄寫內容，大致有關皇家海軍在粵港一帶之活動。

Lot 1528

1,500.00 HKD

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Great Britain to Hong Kong - Forwarded to Naval Commander via Crawle & Co. 18 February 1858, a letter franked with 6x 1d red Queen

Great Britain to Hong Kong - Forwarded to Naval Commander via Crawle & Co. 18 February 1858, a letter franked with 6x 1d red Queen Victoria Line-Engraved stamps, each tied by the "529" barred oval cancel, routing endorsed "Via Southampton" at upper left. The cover is addressed to Vaughan T. Daves Esq., Commander of the "Arrow,", care of Messer. P.H. Cawle & Co., Hong Kong, China. A forwarding agent often held or redirected naval and commercial correspondence to foreign residents or officers serving in China. This cover was addressed to Commander Vaughan T. Daves, then in command of the HMS Arrow, a prominent vessel notably triggered the Second Opium War, which is known as the Arrow Incident broken out in October 1856. On the reverse side, cancelled by double arc Hong Kong c.d.s. (4 AP 1858), and UK's MILFORD (FE 18, 1853), and LONDON dispatch c.d.s. (FE 19, 58) in red color.英國寄香港 - 轉交亞羅號海軍指揮官,經 Cawle & Co. 轉遞 1858年2月18日寄出,信封貼用維多利亞女王一便士紅色線雕郵票六枚,均銷以「529」橫條數字格線銷戳。左上角手寫註明「Via Southampton」鄭路。信件地址為: 中國香港轉交 P.H. Cawle & Co., 「亞羅號」艦長Vaughan T. Daves 閣下。Cawle & Co. 為十九世紀中期駐香港的英資轉運代理商,專責接收、暫存或再轉遞海軍及商業信函,予派駐華之外籍居民與軍官。信封背面蓋有:香港雙圈日戳(1858年4月4日);英國MILFORD 日戳(1858年2 月18日);倫敦紅色發信日戳(1858年2月19日)。本件郵品收件人為Vaughan T. Daves 艦長,當時為英國皇家海軍亞羅號艦 HMS Arrow 指揮官。HMS Arrow 於1856年10月在廣州引發著名的「亞羅號事件」,成為第二次鴉片戰爭爆發的導火線,歷史意義重大。