Auction #22

China, Splendid Collection of 19th Century China and Hong Kong Trade & Diplomatic Figures' Autographs. A wonderful and fascinating collection of 19 select autographs of important and prominent people in 19th-century China; included are letters, cut signatures, free-frank "fronts", cards, etc., from no less personages as Joseph Peabody (1757-1844, merchant and shipowner), Francis May (1860-1922, 1884-dated Governor of Hong Kong), Henry A. Black (1840-1918, Governor of Hong Kong), George Bowen (1821-1899, Colonial Administrator of Hong Kong, dated 1875), William Robinson (1836-1912, longest-serving Governor of Hong Kong, dated 1877), Samuel Russell (1789-1862, founder of Russell & Company, the largest American trading house in China), Sir Thomas Sutherland (1834-1922, Founder of the HSBC banking corporation, on signed postcard) and others; a wonderful group with complete inventory, all imaged on the web; Fine-Very Fine, unique type lot; inspection invited.
Estimate HK$ 6,000 - 8,000.