Lot 2656
2656
cover 1865 (7 Feb.) entire letter from New York to Hong Kong, China (10.4 arrival) via London (20.2) and "Overland via Marseilles" bearing 24c. and 30c. (straight edge), cancelled by cork type, showing "N. YORK BR. PKT./PAID" c.d.s. (8.2) and handstruck "1d" both in red adjacent. Highly appealing. Photo

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cover 1865 (7 Feb.) entire letter from New York to Hong Kong, China (10.4 arrival) via London (20.2) and "Overland via Marseilles" bearing 24c. and 30c. (straight edge), cancelled by cork type, showing "N. YORK BR. PKT./PAID" c.d.s. (8.2) and handstruck "1d" both in red adjacent. Highly appealing. Photo

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