Sale #44 - China and Other Asian Countries

China, 1891 (4 Aug.) registered envelope (embossed "Custom House/Canton" seal on flap) from the same correspondence to Kingston on Thames, England (8.9), showing an extremely fine strike of the "Customs/Canton" type C double-ring origin d.s. on reverse, and bearing on front Hong Kong 2c. vertical pair, single, 5c. and 10c., cancelled by "A/Canton" c.d.s. (4.8), with "Registered/London/A" c.d.s. (8.9) in red and "R" in circle h.s. adjacent, endorsed by the sender "H.R.H.", light creasing around the edges due to the heavy nature of the envelope, very fine.
Estimate HK$ 40,000 - 50,000