By: Interasia Auctions Limited
lot # 3375 - 5: Hong Kong Treaty Ports : Swatow / Wei Hai Wei / Yokohama / Philippines
Philippines, 1858 (19 Oct.) entire letter from Manila to Chemnitz, Saxony, German States (15.12) "Per Overland Mail via Trieste" privately carried to Hong Kong and posted by the forwarder, showing "Forwarded by/Wm. Pustau & Co./Hong Kong" oval red h.s. and small "Paid/at/Hong Kong" Crowned Circle in red (Webb type 11) with "Vaucher Fréres/Hong Kong" blue sender's h.s. adjacent and "Hong Kong" double-arc despatch d.s. (28.10) on reverse, manuscript ratings with handstruck (at Trieste) "6" in blue, vertical filing crease crosses forwarder's h.s., fine and very scarce Crowned Circle originating in the Philippines to a rare destination. Van der Linden certificate (1996).
Estimate HK$ 10,000 - 12,000
Estimate: HK$ 10,000 - 12,000
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