Lot 226
Hong Kong 'HONG HONG' postmark cover

The Academic Collection - Part 1 | 5960
Auction: 19 October 2023 at 10:30 BST
£540
Description
194r envelope bearing 2c and 8c definitives and 5c Centenary (with Requisition A), cancelled by two strikes of the Kowloon HONG HONG error of spelling, dated 28 SEP 45, the first day of re-opening after the liberation. Rare, ex Wong
Footnote
There were two different cancellation devices with this error, with wide and narrow spaces between the two HONGs. This cover shows the narrow spacing. Both devices were only in use for about an hour on the morning of September 28th

