Sale #48 - Hong Kong & Treaty Ports

Hong Kong, 1863 envelope to Hamburg (16.10) "Via Marseilles" (13.10) showing "Hong Kong/C" despatch (22.8) and "Hamburg Th&T" arrival c.d.s. on reverse, with fine "GB/1F22 4/10c" in black and "F. 39" accountancy h.s., manuscript rated, part of backflap missing and other faults, nice and scarce combination of two accountancy marks.
Estimate HK$ 6,000 - 8,000
The "GB/1F 22 4/10c" accountancy handstamp was applied on letters to or from France and places in the China Ocean, which were not British possessions.