1904 (April): Registered envelope from Port Arthur to St. Petersburg, bearing 1889 14 kop. blue & rose-red on horizontally laid paper, tied by Port Arthur cds with matching registration label alongside. Reverse with St. Petersburg arrival cds (Apr. 31, 1904). An appealing item from the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War.rnNote: Port Arthur was a deep-water port and the Russian naval base at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula in Manchuria. In February 1904 it was attacked by Japanese forces which was the starting point of this war which was fought during 1904 and 1905 between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 265
Lot No: 6649
Symbol: Cat No: Russia 49y/II
Russia in China 1907 (June 25): Red Band Cover from Urga in Mongolia, bearing on reverse 1905 7 kop. dark blue, tied by fair "URGA 25 VI 1907" cds's in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 443). Signed Holcombe.rnNote: The Russian Post Offices in Mongolia used Russian definitives, not those overprinted KITAI prepared for use in China proper. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 265
Lot No: 6650
Symbol: Cat No: Russia 67/II a b
Russia in China 1916 (Dec 22): Registered Red Band Cover from Kashgar in Sinkiang to the Russian P.O. in Tientsin, bearing a vertical strip of four 1912 5 kop. brown-lilac with varnish lines, a fresh and fine multiple, tied by clear "KASHGAR KIT. VLAD. -9. 11. 16" cds's in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 424). Reverse with matching registration label, on obverse "TIENTSIN POSTE RUSSE 22 12 16" arrival cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 492) and delivery handstamp of the Chinese post office. Cert. Holcombe (1992).rnNote: The Russian post offices in Sinkiang used Russian definitives not those overprinted KITAI for usage in China proper.rnProvenance: Collection Liphschutz, Harmers, Lugano, part IV, Feb 1994, lot 2166. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image)
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Sale No: 265
Lot No: 6651
Symbol: Cat No: 49
Russia in China 1920 (Nov 18): Philatelic Cover within Peking, bearing 1917 '3 DOLL. 50 C.' on 3,50 R. black & grey, tied by "PEKIN 18 11 20" cds in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 470). Receiver's name covered, but a rare usage. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
