The 2022 Winter Auction - Sale 339
17 – 20 December 2022
Displaying 229 - 240 of 313
Starting Price: 600 HK$
Hammer Price: 600 HK$
including a GB airmail cover f.w. One Pound stamp, a Cayman Island & a Grenada covers with set of stamps, all addressed to Hong Kong. VF-F.
Starting Price: 8,500 HK$
Hammer Price: 8,500 HK$
1 of early 4 times before P&O extended to Hong Kong. Cover carried by HMS Driver from HK to Bombay. Long 19 days voyage by EIC Sesostris Bombay to Aden (Typically 9-12 days, delayed apparently due to heavy monsoon). Oriental detained 11 days waiting for mail from Bombay.
Starting Price: 20,000 HK$
Unsold
Amoy-HK ship letter fee apparently avoided, " 1/10 " per 1/2 ounce for British packet to Gibraltar (early use of this rate effective in 1846). Mail sent to Galle by HMS Espiegle. earilest recorded date for " Paid at Hong Kong " Webb type 6. Also with a seldom seen Malta disinfection cds.
Starting Price: 1,200 HK$
Hammer Price: 1,400 HK$
on front bearing "1/-" rate manuscript, along with Hong Kong transit and London arrival cds. VF-F.
Starting Price: 1,500 HK$
Hammer Price: 3,600 HK$
bearing Crowned "PAID AT HONG KONG" postmark, along with handwritten postage rate remarks and Marseilles transit. On reverse with double-ringed Hong Kong originating cds.
Starting Price: 1,500 HK$
Hammer Price: 1,600 HK$
on front bearing "1/8" rate manuscript, "Via Southampton Paid" manuscript, Hong Kong cds, faint crowned "Paid at Hong Kong" postmark and London Paid transit cds. VF-F.
Starting Price: 4,400 HK$
Unsold
1/- prepaid only to Alexandria, France charged addressee "10" decimes for Mediterranean and inland transit. Long 21 days trip P & O Malta HK- Galle, FV P & O Madras: Galle - Suez, French also left Egypt on 5.8, but this cover went by P&O to Mar. (P&O took over Malta-Mar. service from Br. Admiralty at beginning of 1853, previously, mail paid only to Alexandria went on to Mar. by French paquebots).
Starting Price: 2,200 HK$
Hammer Price: 2,800 HK$
on front bearing "2/1" rate manuscript, "Via Marseilles" manuscript and "SHIPLETTER / VICTORIA HONGKONG" cachet. On reverse with Canton originainting datestamp, Hong Kong transit and London arrival cds. It is the only recorded Hong Kong ship letter handstamp which was applied to mails carried by private ships from Treaty Ports to Hong Kong for further transit. Only around 30 examples exist. Most of them sent from Shanghai while a few from Canton or Macao. Cover stained. F-VF.
Starting Price: 1,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 1,200 HK$
bearing "1/-" and "4" rate manuscripts, crowned "PAID AT HONG KONG" postmark and framed "ZEEBRIEF ONGEFRANKEERD P.S.B" cachet. The letter was probably carried privately to Hong Kong and was posted at Hong Kong post office. VF-F.
Starting Price: 75,000 HK$
Unsold
1 of 3 known covers at 38c Prussian closed mail rate to Hong Kong . 1 of 6 known cover from US via GB , Belgium and Germany to China.
Starting Price: 1,500 HK$
Hammer Price: 2,400 HK$
on front bearing "34" rate manuscript, "39" rate in handstamp, "Via Marseilles" cachet and USA arrival. On the flap with Hong Kong and London transit cds. VF-F.
Starting Price: 1,500 HK$
Hammer Price: 3,600 HK$
bearing Crowned "PAID AT HONG KONG" postmark, along with handwritten postage rate remarks and London arrival. On reverse with double-ringed Hong Kong originating cds. and Edinburgh arrival cds.