1888 red band cover franked with Russia 7k blue, tied by oval "Urga" (18 1/8) right half of the year date missing (Tchilingirian Fig.442), addressed to China, with "Peking" in Cyrillic on the other side and various chops, fine usage, ex-Kurt Adler (Image)

Est.$1,000

1898 red band cover franked with Russia 7k blue, tied by "Urga Pocht. Kont." cds (Tchilingirian Fig.444), addressed to China, with Russian "Dun-Fu-Yu Peking" and additional firm chops on the other side, ex-Wortman (Image)

Est.$1,000

1903 red band cover franked with Russia 14k carmine & blue, tied by "Urga Pocht. Kont." cds (Tchilingirian Fig.443), addressed to China, with Russian Post Office in Peking arrival cds alongside, also oval "Dun-Fu-Yu Peking" and additional firm chops on the other side (Image)

Est.$1,000

1909 (2 Nov) red band cover franked with Russia 7k blue, tied by "Urga v Mongolii Zagranichnaya Pochtovaya Kontora" (URGA in Mongolia Post Office Abroad, Tchilingirigian Fig.446) double ring cancel, repeated alongside, addressed to Kalgan, with Russian Post Office arrival pmk (10 Nov 09), also red chops and handstamp, fine (Image)

Est.$750

1915 (6 Oct) red band cover franked with Russia 10k dark blue, tied by "Urga v Mongolii" (URGA in Mongolia, Tchilingirigian Fig.447) double ring cancel, repeated alongside, addressed to Peking, with Russian Post Office in Peking arrival on front, additional arrival "Peking 4 Nov", repeated in Chinese, also rectangular imprints of Dun-Fu-Yu firm (Image)

Est.$1,000

1916 (28 Nov) native cover franked on back with Russia 10k dark blue, tied by "Urga v Mongolii" departure cds, repeated alongside, showing Harbin transit, also Russian "Pekin" (20.2.17) and Chinese "Peking" arrival markings on back and front, various red chops, including framed Ulan Bator and others, fine and rare cover (Image)

Est.$1,000