£220
CHINA/HONG KONG COMBINATION COVER WITH PEKING OVAL DATESTAMPS SENT VIA SHANGHAI TO AUSTRIA; Rare 20/26 Mar. 1901 usage of the China 1c Red PC (hand-coloured comic drawing on reverse; minor toning) to Pola uprated with China 2c Red + ½c Brown (2) all tied/cancelled by mainly very fine bilingual double-oval "PEKING" datestamps with Hong Kong 2c Red Pair (over the imprinted stamp and cancel) just tied by a large part "SHANGHAI/C" c.d.s. (3 Apr.) with French "LIGNE N/PAQ. FR. No.7" (overstruck), Shanghai and Pola datestamps on the front. Rare and attractive usage to Austria. [Ex Eddie Lawrence, Cavendish Sept. 2014, lot 715; realised £230.]
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