Details
cover 1885 (13 May) neat envelope to Tokyo, bearing Hong Kong 1882 CA 5c. blue cancelled by "BANGKOK" c.d.s. with another strike on face and showing, on reverse, "HONG KONG/A" (21.5), "YOKOHAMA" and native arrival c.d.s. Extremely fine and a fabulous showpiece. Webb recorded only one cover bearing Hong Kong adhesives, which was from the same correspondence (B.H. Chamberlain, 5.3.1884) as this one. B.P.A. Certificate (1987). Photo in colour
Provenance
"The Opening of China", 1987