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Auction: CSS111 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 748

Hong Kong
Covers and Cancellations
Peninsular & Orient Mailboat Service
"A83": 1870 (4 Apr.) small envelope to Henley on Thames bearing G.B. 1867-80 1/- green (plate 4 with wing margin) cancelled by a very good strike of "A83", manuscript "1" has been crossed through, the reverse with Hong Kong code "C" despatch and the arrival c.d.s. (15.5). "A83" was applied on P.& O. 'Ceylon'. Rare.

provenance:
Robert Horley-Taylor, November 1995


Note: the 6d. officers' concession rate of 6d. was withdrawn in 1st January 1870


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Estimate
HK$10,000 to HK$15,000

Starting price
HK$10000