Los-Nr. 8041

1856: Second sheet of entire letter from Paris to Canton, China endorsed 'Overland Mail via Marseilles', franked by 1853 20 c. blue, slight marginal divot and 80 c. carmine on yellowish, tied by mute Paris Star with despatch cds (Sept 5) in black below and framed 'P.P.' in red at left. Struck on arrival with superb strike of the extremely rare Hong Kong "1/-" charge marking in black for amount due for the journey from Alexandria to Canton (for a similar example see John Sussex sale lot 3221) and reverse with HONG KONG cds (Nov 2) in black. A rare and most appealing cover. Signed Goebel.