Great Britain and British Commonwealth G.B.- Off. in China
Sale No: 159
Lot No:1564
Symbol:o
Cat No:Collection
Hong Kong - British Post Offices in China cancels collection of hundreds of Hong Kong Victoria, Edward VII and George V stamps arranged by post office on stockpages comprised of Amoy with "D27" cancel (3), "A1" (4) and c.d.s. (39), Canton with c.d.s. cancels (33), Chefoo c.d.s. (10), Foochow with "F1" cancel (9) and c.d.s. (28), Hankow with "D29" cancel (2) and c.d.s. (46), Hoi How with c.d.s. (16), Ningpo with "N1" cancel (3) and c.d.s. (21), Shanghai with "S1" cancel (21) with values to $3.00, c.d.s. (47) with values to $1.00, and two Davis correspondence cover to London franked by 30c Violet (#20), one with two stamps, tied by "S1" cancels, Swatow c.d.s. (28), Tientsin c.d.s. (19), Wei Hai Wei c.d.s. (15) and boxed cancel (5), also Yokohama with "Y1" cancels (12), and most also include "CHINA" overprinted stamps used in these towns, somewhat mixed condition, largely fine-very fine with mostly clear cancels; owner's 2013 Stanley Gibbons catalog value exceeds £8,700.