Lot# 9175

The 2023 Summer Auction - Sale 340   24th to 28th June 2023, Hong Kong

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Lot# 9175
Starting Price: 1,200 HK$
Hammer Price: 3,800 HK$
1857 (Jun 12) Incoming cover from England to Hong Kong, further directed to HMS Niger anchored at Fatshan Creek,

sent "via Marseilles", f.w. QV 1p, 2p and 6p, tied by barred 634 obliterator and Ramsgate origin cds. This letter was carried in navy mailbag and further transported to Fatshan Creek from Hong Kong. HMS Niger involved in the Battle of Fatshan Creek in June 1856. It stayed in Canton River system.

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