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RUSSIA Russian Offices in China continued...

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1241

1915 (28 Jun) cover franked on back with unoverprinted pairs of 2k and 3k Arms, tied by oval "Vladivostok-Harbin" departure datestamps, addressed to "Station Tsitsikar" and showing a good arrival postmark of "Tsitsikar" Chinese Eastern Railway Station (1.7.15) arrival, violet censor handstamp, considerable cover wear, markings intact, scarce incoming mail (Image) (image 1241a)

SOLD for $200.00
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1242

1915 (1 Aug) registered cover franked with 10k Semi-Postals, tied by Harbin departure cds, with two different Registry labels, one in Cyrillic, the other "Kharbin Poste Russe", sent to Switzerland, opened by censor in Irkutsk, with two corresponding handstamps, Petrograd transit and Zollikon arrival pmks on back, v.f., scarce usage of the Semi-Postal issue from Harbin (Image)

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1243

1917 (9 July) free-frank cover to a Russian Prisoner of War held in Germany, posted in Siberian T.P.O. with oval "Khabarovsk-143-Vladivostok" serial "v", censored in transit at a Russian Post Office in Manchuria, where rectangular Passed by Censor "Pogranichanaya No.2" handstamp was applied, with German markings indicating the addressee could not be found, with 12 November arrival datestamp, cover wear, rare markings, ex-Dr.Casey (Image)

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

1244

1919 (21 Mar) registered cover addressed to the Great Northern Telegraph Co. in Vladivostok, franked with vertical pair 10c on 10k dark blue, tied by "Shanghai" (Zagranchn. Pocht. Kont.) departure cds, repeated alongside, with "Shanghai Poste Rosse" Registry label, opened by censor, with four-line "No.20" cachet and Vladivostok arrival (Image) (image 1244a)

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction

1245

1920 (17 Nov) cover franked with unoverprinted Imperial 2k and two each 4k and 5k, tied by "Harbin-Pristan" (Harbin pier/wharf) departure cds, repeated alongside, with Moscow arrival pmk on back (Image) (image 1245a)

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War

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1246

1905 (28 Jan) red band free-frank cover from Mukden to Riga, with military markings and arrival pmk on back, fine usage during Russo-Japanese War (Image)

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RUSSIA Russian Offices in China - Sinkiang

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1247

1898 (8 Apr) registered (without the registry etiquette, manuscript endorsement at left) red band cover to Peking, franked with Russian 20k carmine & blue, tied by "KULDZHA SEMIP.OB Pocht. Tel.Kont." (Kuldja, province of Semi-Palatinsk, Tchilingirian Fig.404), additional strikes repeated alongside and on front, showing transit postmark of Troitskozavodsk, some additional chops, fine and scarce usage (Kudja, transliterated from Uyghur as Gulja, is a city within the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China) (Image) (image 1247a)

SOLD for $2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

1248

1899 (15 June) registered red band cover (without registry etiquette, but with manuscript endorsement) franked with Russian 7k and 14k, tied by "KULDZHA" ("Pocht.Teleg. Kont.") cds (Tchilingirian Fig.405), additional strikes repeated alongside and on front, showing transit postmark of "Semipalatinsk", some additional chops and "Peking" in manuscript, fine and scarce usage (Image) (image 1248a)

SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

1249

1911 (23 Dec) picture postcard (Turkestan Mission), franked with single Russian 4k carmine, tied by "Kashgar Kitayskaya Vlad." (Kashgar Chinese Possessions) (Tchilingirian Fig.422), cancel, repeated alongside, addressed to Sweden (Dr.Petrini), v.f. (Image)

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

1250

1917 (26 June) registered red band cover franked with ordinary Russian 10k and 3x10k/7k, paying 40k from Kashgar to Tientsin, stamps tied by "Kashgar Kit. Vlad." (Kashgar Kitayskiya Vladenya or Kashgar Chinese Possessions, Tchilingirian Fig.424), with additional strike on front and "Tientsin Poste Russe" (8.8.17) arrival alongside, Chinese re-seal label and various red chops, fine and impressive usage from Kashgar (Kashgar is a city in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in China's far west. It was a stop on the Silk Road, with its history stretching over 2,000 years) (Image) (image 1250a)

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1251

1918 (29 May) registered money letter franked with ordinary Russian 20k (2), 25k (3), also imperf. 1r (5), paying 6r40k from Kashgar to Tientsin, stamps tied by "Kashgar Kit. Vlad." (Kashgar Kitayskiya Vladenya or Kashgar Chinese Possessions, Tchilingirian Fig.424) pmks, with additional strike alongside and on back, virtually intact five wax seals and additional markings on back, fine and impressive value letter from Kashghar (Image)

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire

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1252

1865 10pa brown & blue, unused without gum, fresh and v.f., cat. $800 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

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1253

1865 10pa brown & blue, numeral cancelation in blue dots, large margins all around, v.f., cat. $750 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

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1254

1869 (24 June) FL from Constantinople to Taganrog, franked with 10k carmine & green, tied by blue grids, with corresponding departure pmk on back, filing fold away from the stamp, fine usage, with 2000 Paul Buchsbayew certificate (Cat No. 11) (Image)

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1255

1882 (24 May) official Agence de la Compagnie Russe de Navigation a Vapeur, Ropit agency document, dated "Syra 24 May 1882", with perfect strike of "ROPIT AGENT. W. SIR" in blue (Image)

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1256

1898 (29 June) receipt for a registered letter from Mt Athos, with violet "ROPIT SALONIKI" datestamp (Image)

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1257

27/36S

1900-1905 4pa on 1k, 10pa on 2k, 2Pi on 20k, 5Pi on 50k and 7Pi on 70k, five different imperforate horizontal strips of five, each perforated "Obrazets," n.h., v.f. (Cat No. 27/36S) (Image) (image 1257a)

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1258

1904 (8 Nov) cover from Mont Athos, franked with Ottoman 1pi and sent to Starominskoya (Sea of Azov), used during the Russo-Japanese War, hence Odessa censor seal (green), also purple handstamp, plus "Refuse par la Douane" (refused by Customs) and returned to sender, bearing a boxed cachet on reverse, indicating that the cover was sent back after the war was long over, fine and interesting cover (Image)

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1259

227

1913 Romanov Tercentenary, five different surcharges including 50pi on 5r (Nicholas II), tied by violet ROPIT Saloniki (6.IV.13) cds on registered cover to St. Petersburg, fine cover, with arrival pmk (Cat No. 227) (Image)

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

RUSSIA Russo-Turkish War

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1260

1877 (31 Oct) registered 8k stationery entire envelope, franked on back with 5k and 10k Arms, sent from Tatarbunar (on the border of Russia and Romania) to Moscow, endorsed "Iz deistvuyushei Armii" (from active army), tied by departure cds, another "1 Nov" pmk alongside, with Moscow arrival markings, considerable wear and mended cover tears, otherwise fine. A scarce example of the Russo-Turkish War period mail from South Bessarabia, a region that had changed ownership in the aftermath of the war (Tatarbunar is in South Bessarabia, the Black Sea coastal region between Dniester and Prut rivers. It was a part of the larger territory ceded by Turkey to Russia in 1812. In 1856, after losing the Crimean War, Russia had agreed to transfer most of South Bessarabia to the Principality of Moldavia. Unlike the neighboring towns up and down the coast, Tatarbunar had stayed under Russian control. In 1877, Romania, the successor to the Principality of Moldavia, sided with the Russians against the Turks. It permitted the Russian main army headed for Bulgaria to cross the Romanian territory, and allowed some Russian troops to be deployed in South Bessarabia to protect Russian supply lines from possible Turkish incursions. As could be expected, once Russian troops had returned to South Bessarabia, they were in no hurry to leave once the war was over. The potential conflict between allies was avoided after Bismarck had persuaded the Romanians to return South Bessarabia to Russia, in exchange for the former Bulgarian territory of Dobruja as compensation. Tatarbunar, no longer a border town at the center of potential conflict, again became a sleepy provincial town in the Odessa Gubernia) (Image) (image 1260a)

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