Auction #23

Korea, 1904 (Dec. 6), Christmas greeting picture post card from Gwendoline to North Perth, Western Australia, a scarce and attractive card, franked by 4¢ Falcon issue, tied by 1 of 2 bold strikes in blue of "Gwendoline/6 DEC/Coree" c.d.s.'s; front shows Chemulpo transit with inverted date and month slug, French "Shang-Haï/[ ] Dec/Chine" transit, plus a "Victoria/3 JA/05/Hong Kong" transit, Fine to Very Fine, very scarce usage from the old gold mining town.
Estimate HK$ 14,000 - 16,000.