Sale #48 - Hong Kong & Treaty Ports

Treaty Ports, Swatow : 1864 envelope to Hamburg (Germany) (13.4) "Via Trieste" showing on reverse "Forwarded by/Dircks & Co./Swatau" red oval h.s. and blue "Hong Kong/C" (28.2) and Hamburg arrival c.d.s., with red framed "Paid" h.s., handstruck (at Trieste) blue-grey "6" and various manuscript ratings, torn at left, another important very early usage from Swatow with rare routing via Trieste sent through Prussia.
Estimate HK$ 10,000 - 12,000