cover PAQUEBOT MAIL: 1903-53, a collection comprising envelopes (37), postcards (2) and stamps/pieces (76 items) including 1906 postcard bearing G.B. 1d. tied by "VICTORIA/HONG KONG" c.d.s. and showing framed "Paquebot" (Hosking fig. 1484), 1910-37 framed "PAQUEBOT" (various types) on covers cancelling stamps from China, Denmark, G.B. (2), Macau (7), U.S.A. and local, 1917 envelope bearing G.B. ½d. pair tied by "SHANGHAI/BR. P.O." c.d.s. and showing framed "Paquebot" (fig. 1483), 1926 Canadian Pacific Steamships advertising envelope bearing G.B. adhesives cancelled by framed "PAQUEBOT" (fig. 1487?) with adjacent "MAILED ON BOARD/R.M.S. EMPRESS OF CANADA" cachet in blue, 1935-53 "PAQUEBOT/HONG KONG" double-ring d.s. on covers bearing stamps of Canada, G.B. (4), U.S.A. (3) and local, also 1906-37 covers bearing Hong Kong adhesives cancelled by Paquebot cancels of Aden, Bombay, Cairns (Queensland), Colombo (Ceylon), Gibraltar, Honolulu (2), Marseilles, Penang, Plymouth (G.B.), Singapore and Victoria (British Columbia); the Hong Kong values on pieces include superb "KHEDIVIAL MAIL LINE/S.S. TALODI" in red, "KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART/MAATSCHAPPIJ/M.S. CREMER" (2) and oval "...S.S. TASMAN". A fine lot worth careful examination

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cover PAQUEBOT MAIL: 1903-53, a collection comprising envelopes (37), postcards (2) and stamps/pieces (76 items) including 1906 postcard bearing G.B. 1d. tied by "VICTORIA/HONG KONG" c.d.s. and showing framed "Paquebot" (Hosking fig. 1484), 1910-37 framed "PAQUEBOT" (various types) on covers cancelling stamps from China, Denmark, G.B. (2), Macau (7), U.S.A. and local, 1917 envelope bearing G.B. ½d. pair tied by "SHANGHAI/BR. P.O." c.d.s. and showing framed "Paquebot" (fig. 1483), 1926 Canadian Pacific Steamships advertising envelope bearing G.B. adhesives cancelled by framed "PAQUEBOT" (fig. 1487?) with adjacent "MAILED ON BOARD/R.M.S. EMPRESS OF CANADA" cachet in blue, 1935-53 "PAQUEBOT/HONG KONG" double-ring d.s. on covers bearing stamps of Canada, G.B. (4), U.S.A. (3) and local, also 1906-37 covers bearing Hong Kong adhesives cancelled by Paquebot cancels of Aden, Bombay, Cairns (Queensland), Colombo (Ceylon), Gibraltar, Honolulu (2), Marseilles, Penang, Plymouth (G.B.), Singapore and Victoria (British Columbia); the Hong Kong values on pieces include superb "KHEDIVIAL MAIL LINE/S.S. TALODI" in red, "KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART/MAATSCHAPPIJ/M.S. CREMER" (2) and oval "...S.S. TASMAN". A fine lot worth careful examination

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