URGA: 1878 Native cover from Urga to Peking, dated “10th Day, 6th Moon, 1878”, franked with two Russia Arms 5k black and lilac cancelled by pen stroke (the first type of cancel used in the Mongolian offices), fine A very rare cover from the earliest period, only about 12 covers known from Urga with pen / brush stroke cancel Provenance: Ex Adgey-Edgar (Image)

URGA: 1880 Native cover from the “Dun-Fu Yu” correspondence sent from Urga to Peking, franked with vertical pair of 8k tied by Urga 28.VI.1880 Type 3A oval ds (rated RR by Hellrigl), some creasing, very rare, this being the earliest of only three recorded covers with this cancellation, signed Holcombe Note: Illustrated in “Stamps of the Russian Empire Used Abroad” p.314 by Tchilinghirian & Stephen Provenance: Ex Tolman and Lipschutz (Image)

URGA: 1883 Native cover from Urga to Peking, franked with a 1k and three 2k tied by Urga 21.2.1883 type 3B oval ds, paying the single rate, scarce and attractive franking (Image)

URGA: Native cover from Urga to Peking, franked with seven 1k orange paying the single internal rate, tied by three very good strikes of the Urga 18.VI type 3C oval ds, scarce and an unusual franking Provenance: Ex Tolman (Image)

URGA: 1887 Native cover from the “Dun-Fu-Yu” correspondence to Peking, franked with Russia Arms 7k paying the single internal rate, tied by Urga 28.IX type 3c oval ds, fine and neat single franking, showing attractive large “DUN-FU-YU” cartouche in red Note: Cancellation on this cover illustrated in “Stamps of the Russian Empire Used Abroad” p.316 fig.442 (Image)

URGA: 1899 Native cover from the Dun-Fu-Yu correspondence to Peking with pair of 3k and pair of 4k paying single rate, tied by Urga 16.VII.99 type 4 cds, fine Provenance: Ex Tolman (Image)

URGA: 1901 Decorative Chinese envelope with a hs showing the 12 signs of the zodiac and inscription “Thinking of you around the clock”, sent to Stockholm (Sweden), franked with two Russia Arms 5k paying the 10k foreign rate, tied by Urga 17.XI.1901 type 4 cds, a very attractive and unusual cover (Image)

URGA: 1901 Native cover sent to Kalgan, franked with seven Russia Arms 2k green paying double the rate, tied by Urga 22.XII.01 type 4 cds in black, very fine and an unusual and rare franking Provenance: Ex Tolman (Image)

URGA: 1903 Native cover registered to Kalgan, franked with vertical strip of three Russia Arms 2k blue paying double the internal rate plus registration fee, tied by Urga 15.XI.03 type 4 cds in violet, registration label on the reverse (Hellrigl type 3 rated RRR), Troitskosavsk transit, opened for display, a rare registered cover (Image)

URGA: 1904 Decorative cover to Kalgan with Russia 4k and 3k paying the single rate, tied by the Urga 19.X.04 type 4 cds in violet, fine and attractive cover. Provenance: Ex Tolman (Image)

URGA: 1905 Native cover to Kalgan, franked with three Russia Arms 14k paying sextuple rate, tied by Urga 19.I.05 type 4 cds, fine and rare high franking for a non-registered cover. (Image)

URGA: 1905 Decorative cover to Kalgan, franked with Russia Arms 7k blue paying the single rate, tied by Urga 5.III.05 type 4 cds, with cover showing a deer motif in red as a good luck symbol evoked by the hazardous journey across the Gobi Desert, fine and attractive. Provenance: Ex Tolman (Image)

URGA: 1905 Envelope registered to the French P.O. at Yunnansen, with China 4c on front and Russia franking of 16k on the reverse paying the single foreign rate plus registration fee, all tied by Urga 20.VII.05 type 4 cds, with registration label adjacent (Hellrigl type 5 rated R), sent via French P.Os in Peking, Shanghai, Haiphong, Lao-Kai arriving in Yunnan-Fou, before being forwarded to Switzerland via Marseille, a most unusual and probably unique combination franking & routing Provenance: Ex Tolman (Image)

URGA: 1905 Native cover to Kalgan, franked with three Russia 1889-92 10k blue paying triple the rate (2k overpaid), tied by crisp Urga 3.XII.05 type 4 cds, opened on three sides, a very fine and rare usage of this stamp Provenance: Ex Beckaman (Image)

URGA: 1907 Native cover registered to Kalgan, franked with two Russia Arms 1k and a 5k plus 7k with “KITAI” overprint, all tied by grey-black Urga 19.IX.07 type 4 cds, with registration label adjacent (Hellrigl type 7), a fine and very scarce mixed use of the “KITAI” stamp that was not available in the Mongolian Offices (Image)

URGA: 1908 Native cover to Peking, franked with strip of three Russia Arms 7k paying triple rate to Kalgan, tied by Urga 14.IV.1908 type 4 cds, before being applied with three China 2c at Kalgan upon entering the Chinese Post for transmission to Peking, a fine and very rare mixed country franking. (Image)

URGA: 1909 7k “KITAI” Postal stationery envelope sent to Holland, uprated with 3k red and cancelled by Urga 23.II.09 type 4 cds, some peripheral repairs at top, still an extremely rare usage of this overprinted stationery (Image)

URGA: 1909 Envelope sent registered to Vienna (Austria), franked on the reverse by three Russia Arms 2k green and pair of 7k “KITAI”, tied by Urga 13.9.09 type 6 cds, obverse with registration label (type not recorded by Hellrigl), Troitskosavsk transit, central vert. fold, fine and scarce combination usage of these overprinted stamps that were not for sale in the Mongolian Offices (Image)

URGA: 1909 Native cover sent registered to Kalgan with strip of five Russia Arms 7k paying four times the internal rate plus registration, tied by the Urga 19.X.09 type 4 cds in blue-black, fine and scarce multiple paying a high rate (Image)

URGA: 1912 Envelope sent registered to Sweden, franked with 10k blue pair, paying the single foreign rate plus registration, tied by Urga 20.6.12 type 6 cds, with a Russian reg’n label (type not recorded by Hellrigl) and a reg’n label in French (type 13 rated RR), with St. Petersburg and Stockholm bs, a rare destination and only two covers and a card known with two reg’n labels according to “The Postal History of Mongolia” pg.7 by Hellrigl (Image)

URGA: 1915 Native cover sent to Peking, franked with Russia Arms 7k and Romanov 3k paying the single internal rate, tied by Urga 28.5.15 type 7A cds, with Russian and Chinese Peking transits, fine and scarce Romanov franking, signed Holcombe. (Image)

URGA: 1915 Native cover sent registered to the USA, franked with “KITAI” 1k, 4k, 10k and 15k paying double the foreign postal rate plus registration fee, tied by the Urga 14.11.15 type 7B cds, with “Ourga / Poste Russe” registration label (designed for foreign destinations other than Russia or China, Hellrigl type 14 rated RRR, only known example, adjacent, with Yokohama and Seattle bs, very fine and unique cover with a rare usage of the “KITAI” overprints Note: Illustrated in “The Postal History of Mongolia” pg.48 by Hellrigl. (Image)

SHARASUME: 1915 Native cover to Peking, franked with 10k blue pair paying double rate, tied by Sharasume 5.9.15 type 7A cds, with Harbin and Peking transits as well as an Irkutsk (Siberia) censor mark on reverse, fine (Image)

SHARASUME: 1918 Native cover sent registered to Peking franked with block of four and single 5k imperf. and 70k perf., tied by Sharasume 4.4.18 cds, also tying improvised registration label adjacent (Hellrigl type 10 rated RRR, thought to be unique), a unique item of postal history with a scarce franking, label recorded by T&S Pl.4, p.324 Provenance: Ex Russell (Image)

SHARASUME: 1919 Native cover sent registered to Peking, franked with two imperf. 1R tied by Sharasume 29.7.19 cds, with registration label adjacent (hellrigl type 9 rated R), further franked on arrival in Peking with Chinese 4c and 5c tied by the Russian P.O. cds, the double franking was imposed by the Chinese authorities in Sinkiang (to which Sharasume had been ceded who no longer accepted the validity of Russian stamps, a rare mixed country combination and a high franking. Provenance: Ex Adgey-Edgar (Image)