"Overland Mail Via Falmouth" to Somerset showing a light, finely detailed strike of the rare oval-framed "HONG KONG POST OFFICE" Royal Arms cachet in red, oval-framed "INDIA" and, on reverse, one of the two recorded examples of the fancy-framed "POSTAGE/Inward Bearing Ans/Outward do" (HG SR5), completed for 5a., alongside Weston-Super-Mare arrival c.d.s. A rare and important cover. Photo

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"Overland Mail Via Falmouth" to Somerset showing a light, finely detailed strike of the rare oval-framed "HONG KONG POST OFFICE" Royal Arms cachet in red, oval-framed "INDIA" and, on reverse, one of the two recorded examples of the fancy-framed "POSTAGE/Inward Bearing Ans/Outward do" (HG SR5), completed for 5a., alongside Weston-Super-Mare arrival c.d.s. A rare and important cover. Photo