Sale No: 33
Lot No: 1400
Symbol: C
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 1870 (July 29) envelope from Amoy to Brooklyn, New York, "Via Marseilles" bearing watermarked Crown CC 18c lilac pair (Scott 17. SG 13), canceled "B62" and additionally just tied by "London/Paid/A" c.d.s. in red, showing crisply struck "Amoy/A" origin and "Hong Kong/C" transit (7.31) c.d.s. on reverse, and on front "New York Paid All" c.d.s. in red with matching handstruck "2 cents", manuscript rating "1" (Colonial charge) and "1/5", Very Fine, and an exceptional usage of the rare watermarked Crown CC 18c in a mutiple on cover paying the 36-cent rate from a Treaty Port to the US via Marseille, from the famous Culbertson correspondence, ex Frankilin Delano Roosevelt, Admiral George C. Dyer, and Richard C.K. Chan,
The letter was carried on the P&O Steamer "Columbian" from Hong Kong (8.4) to Galle (8.21), then by the "Mongolia" between Galle (8.23) and Suez (9.9), where transferred to the "Ceylon" at Alexandria (9.10) for Marseille (9.16), then from France to England, with the last leg of the voyage being on Cunard Steamer "Batavia" (9.20) from Liverpool to New York (10.1). Est. HK$10,000-12,000
Est. HK$10,000-12,000
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Opening HK$ 20,000.00
Sold...HK$ 20,000.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 15:17:55 EST
Sold For 20000
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