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1915 (12 Apr.) buff envelope to Canada bearing K.G.V 1c. block of four cancelled by type Eii c.d.s., the reverse with large, double-ring Hong Kong c.d.s. and Port Arthur arrival machine postmark. Photo HK$1,000-1,200
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1922 (July) china 10c. registered envelope, uprated 15c. to Liverpool, cancelled by type C c.d.s. and bearing a good strike of the boxed registered handstamp at top left; some light soiling. A good cover. Photo HK$4,000-5,000
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1874 (23 Dec.) Nicholson entire letter to Melbourne "Via Galle" bearing 24c. pair tied by "B62" in black, without Foochow despatch c.d.s. and baring, on the reverse, Hong Kong c.d.s. (26.12) and Melbourne arrival (10.2); some usual light notation on the front. A good double-rate cover. Photo HK$8,000-10,000
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1914 (14 Oct.) MCA $5 purple and blue-green bearing a neat strike of type Kiii c.d.s. Fine and scarce. Photo HK$2,500-3,000
Provenance: R.C.K. Chan, February 2003
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1922 (25 Aug.) envelope to Aberdeen, Scotland, bearing "china" 4c. and 6c. tied by the "british post office/hankow" c.d.s. A good commercial cover. HK$1,500-2,000
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1880 (9 Dec.) envelope addressed to the London Mission Society, Shanghai by "French Mail" bearing G.B. 1873-80 2 1/2d. rose-red pair tied by Arundel duplex, returned back to sender, the reverse with Hong Kong (20.1), Shanghai (27.1), Hong Kong (31.1), boxed red London, London and Arundel (7.3). Some tone spotting on the reverse, otherwise a charming cover. Photo HK$4,000-5,000
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1867 (20 Sept.) neat envelope to London "Via Marseilles" bearing 8c. pale dull orange and 24c. pale green tied by "B62" in black with "1/4" rate mark in red crayon, the reverse with pale despatch c.d.s. in bluish, Hong Kong (25.9) overstruck by London (16.11) c.d.s. Exceptionally fresh. Photo HK$6,000-8,000
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1919 (22 Nov.) printed paper rate cover to Aleppo, Syria bearing "china" 4c. tied by a fine strike of the Shanghai despatch c.d.s., the reverse with large oval "forwarded by/b.a. somekh & co/shanghai" forwarding agent's cachet (not listed by Rowe), Hong Kong (27.11), Port Taufiq (7.1) and Aleppo c.d.s. (12.1). An unusual cover to a very scarce destination. Photo HK$3,000-4,000
For 1876-77 28c. on 30c. block cancelled "S1", see lot 2907 and for an 1887 cover, see lot 2911
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A collection on leaves with Amoy from first types, Canton from "C1" (2), Chefoo, Foochow from "F1" (7) including 1902 cover to London and 1895 4c. on 3c. postcard to England (faults), Hankow from "D.29" (3), Hoihow thimble (2), Ningpo from "N1", Shanghai sunburst and some later multiples, Liu Kung Tau ovals and later, 1894 3c. stationery card from Anping to London via Amoy (where cancelled) and Hong Kong, plus "Y1" (13) with values to 96c. Condition is mixed but a good basic collection HK$5,000-6,000
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