Lot# 9178

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

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Lot# 9178
Starting Price: 1,600 HK$
Hammer Price: 8,500 HK$
1858 (May 1) Peking to France entire letter sheet,

sent "voie de Suez" and rated "8", bearing Marseilles transit (Jul 24). The Anglo-French Joint Force arrived at Taku in Apr and the battle started after 26 May 1858. It the earliest recorded foreign mail from North China.

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