KULDJA: 1884 3k Postal stationery card from Belgian Missionary to Belgium, cancelled by Kuldja 24.10.84 cds (Tchilinghirian type 1, though had never been seen by the authors), Brussels bs, light soiling This is the only known example of the reclassified Kuldja type 2 recorded Note: Illustrated in “The London Philatelist” 1988, p.187 (Image)

KULDJA: 1898 Native cover sent registered via Troitskosovsk to Peking, franked with Arms 14k tied by Kuldja 12.V.98 (Tchilinghirian type 4, rare) cds, ms registration number on reverse, a rare registered cover. (Image)

KULDJA: 1899 Native cover sent registered via Troitskosovsk to Peking, franked with Arms 14k tied by Kuldja 31.VIII.99 (Tchilinghirian type 5B) cds, with primitive reg’n label and ms “2 lots” adjacent, a rare single franking and registered usage. (Image)

KULDJA: 1901 Native cover sent registered via Troitskosovsk to Peking, franked with 20k and 1k, tied by Kuldja 26.VI.01 type 5A cds, registration label adjacent, reverse with Kuldja type 5B and Troitskosovsk cds, rare registered cover. (Image)

KULDJA: 1912 Native cover sent registered to Peking, franked with pair of 3k and pair of 7k (one with fault), tied by Kuldja 6.11.12 type 7B cds, registration label adjacent, fine and scarce registered use. Note: Illustrated in “Stamps of the Russian Empire Used Abroad” p.278 by Tchillinghirian & Stephen Provenance: Ex Tolman (Image)

KULDJA: 1913 Envelope sent registered to Odessa, franked with “KITAI” 4k and 10k tied by Kuldja 23.4.13 type 7B cds, reg’n label adjacent, very fine and very rare, “KITAI” stamps were not stocked in Russian P.Os in Sinkiang but were accepted for postage, however this is the only known use at Kuldja (Image)

KULDJA: 1915 7k Postal stationery envelope sent registered to Kegel (Estonia), uprated with Romanov 3k on obverse and Arms 10k on reverse, all cancelled by Kuldja 25.2.15 type 7C cds, with registration label adjacent, scarce use of postal stationery and the Romanov issue. Provenance: Ex Lipschutz (Image)

KULDJA: 1918 Envelope sent insured for 500R to Tientsin, franked with 5k imperf. pair, 20k pair and nine 1R (in vert. strips of three), all tied by Kuldja 24.5.18 type 7A cds, insured label on obverse, sent via the Japanese P.Os at Changchun and Tientsin, a rare and very high franking sent via an unusual route (Image)

CHUGUCHAK: 1908 Envelope sent registered to France, franked with ten 4k and a 1k tied by Chuguchak 28.2.08 type 1A cds, with dotted “R” in circle hs and reg’n label (neither of which are recorded by Tchilinghirian), wax seals on reverse removed, a very attractive and rare multiple franking (Image)

CHUGUCHAK: 1912 Native cover sent registered to Tientsin, franked with two pairs of 7k blue tied by Chuguchak 23.3.12 type 2BX cds (distorted upper date bar), registration label adjacent, with Russian and Chinese Tientsin arrival cds, a registered use from this office. Note: Origin of the illustration in “Stamps of the Russian Empire Used Abroad” pg.280 by Tchilinghirian Provenance: Ex Sir David Roseway (Image)

CHUGUCHAK: 1918 Envelope sent insured for 500R to Tientsin, franked with two 20k, six 25k, two 15k and 3R50k on the reverse, all tied by Chuguchak 10.6.18 type 3A cds, obverse with insured label, spent 4 1/2 months in transit, an attractive franking and scarce usage of the 3R50. Note: Illustrated in “Stamps of the Russian Empire Used Abroad” pg.278 by Tchilinghirian & Stephen Provenance: Ex Tolman (Image)

KASHGAR: 1908 Envelope sent registered from the Secretary at the Imperial Russian Consulate in Kashgar “via town OSH, Ferghana Province” to St. Petersburg, franked with Arms 14k tied by green Kashgar 12.12.08 type 1 cds, reg’n label adjacent (showing “K” of Kashgar inverted), arrival bs, slightly reduced at left, a rare example of Consulate mail (Image)

KASHGAR: 1914 Envelope sent registered to Moscow, franked with 7k and 14k tied by Kashgar 7.4.14 type 2B cds (earliest recorded date of this type), with registration label adjacent, fine (Image)

KASHGAR: 1915 4k Romanov postal stationery card sent to Sweden, initially franked with Chinese 1c “Junk” paying postage from Yarkand (Chinese Shufu) to Kashgar, with the imprint cancelled the following day with Kashgar 17.9.15 type 2b cds, Tashkent transit, as China was not a member of the UPU, Chinese stamps were not valid for postage to Sweden. (Image)

KASHGAR: 1917 Native cover sent registered to Tientsin, franked with vertical strip of Romanov 10k on 7k, tied by Kashgar 12.5.17 type 2B, reverse with registration label and Russian censor hs, a rare usage of the Romanov provisionals (Image)

KASHGAR: 1917 Native cover sent registered to the USA, franked with “KITAI” 2k, 4k (2) and 10k, tied by Kashgar 16.6.17 type 6 cds, with registration hs adjacent with ms no., New York bs, fine and attractive mixed issue franking. “KITAI” stamps were not supplied to the offices in Sinkiang, and unlike other Russian offices there, there is no record that Kashgar accepted these stamps (Image)

KASHGAR: 1917 Native cover sent registered to Tientsin, franked with vert. pair of 10k blue tied by Kashgar 31.7.31 (date error) type 2A cds, registration label adjacent with Russian and Chinese Tientsin arrival cds, a rare use of the type 2A cancel (Image)

KASHGAR: 1918 Envelope sent insured for 500R to Tientsin, franked with Arms 70k and five imperf. 1R, all tied by Kashgar 25.5.18 type 2B cds, a fine high franking (Image)

KASHGAR: 1918 Envelope sent insured for 500R to Tientsin, franked with 20k pair, 25k in block of fifteen and single and four 50k, all tied by Kashgar 29.5.18 type 2B cds, Kashgar P.O. seals on reverse, a fine and spectacular multiple franking. (Image)

KASHGAR: Fragment with strip of three 70k and a 15k tied by small Kashgar double ring cds, not recorded by Tchilinghirian & Stephen, but recorded in the British Journal of Russian Philately pg.11 No.34 1967, one of only two known examples of this postmark. (Image)

URUMCHI: 1906 Envelope sent registered from the Russian Consular Office in Urumchi to Switzerland with “KITAI” 1k, 2k (2), 3k, 5k and 7k on the obverse tied by “URUMTSI (CHINA) / POST OF THE IMPERIAL CONSULATE OF RUSSIA” 22.VI.06 cds, sent to Chuguchak where it was re-registered and franked on the reverse with unoverprinted 1k, 2k, 4k, 5k and 7k tied by the Chuguchak type 1B cds, with Sergiopol and Moudon bs. Very fine and unique, the only known cover from the Russian Post in Urumchi. Note: Illustrated in “Stamps of the Russian Empire Used Abroad” p.286 by Tchilinghirian & Stephen Provenance: Ex Adler (Image)