Lot# 7123

The 2025 Summer Auction - Sale 345 (June 21 - June 25, 2025)   June 21 - June 25 2025, Hong Kong

Lot# 7123
Starting Price: 7,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 95,000 HK$
1903 (Jun 23) Hankow to London combination registered cash cover,

bearing at lower left Hankow originating bisected cds., mixed franking with Russian PO in China issues x 4, tied by Hankow Russian PO cds. + rare Hankow IPO cachet, along with Hankow, Shanghai registered cachets and affixed a Russian registered label. Russian transit and London arrival marks alongside. IPO cachet applied on Russian stamp is extremely rare, only applied in Hankow post office. Only two example of Hankow IPO cachet known so far. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.134.