1894 14k stationery entire envelope additionally franked with 7k Arms, used from Vladivostok to Hamburg, Nagasaki and Yokohama transits (14.III.94) (Image)

Est.US$150

1912 (17 Mar) red-band cover from a Chinese merchant in "Okino-Klyuchi" to Sanchuan, Shansi, via Peking, franked with 10k Imperial fiscal adhesive, tied by a violet departure pmk, showing "Bichura" transit and oval "Bichura Doplatit" postage due, with "10k" inserted by hand (the fiscal stamp was not valid for international mail), with Peking, Taiyuanfu, Fengchow transit and Sanchuan arrival pmks, censured at Manchuria, with type 4 cachets in red, fine and remarkable usage from a small village of Okino-Klyuchi, north of Kyachta, present day Buryatia (Image)

Est.US$500

1912 (19 Jan) red-band cover from a Chinese merchant in "Okino-Klyuchi" to Sanchuan, Shansi, via Peking, franked with 10k dark blue tied by a violet departure pmk, showing "Bichura" transit and oval "Bichura" cds, with Peking (9 Feb), Taiyuanfu, Fengchow transit and Sanchuan arrival pmks, fine and remarkable usage from a small village of Okino-Klyuchi, north of Kyachta, present day Buryatia, with clear transit and arrival pmks (Image)

Est.US$500

1899 (28 July) cover to Germany, franked with 10k dark blue (horizontally laid paper) sent probably from Vladivostok, via Gensan, Korea, where framed "Paquebot" was applied, the stamp itself was canceled in Nagasaki, Japan, eventually reaching Leipzig on 7 September, v.f. ship letter, signed Holcombe, with his 1992 certificate, ex-Liphschutz (Image)

Est.US$250

1911 (6 Oct) picture postcard (Chinese Year of the Sheep) franked with 4k Arms, tied by oval "Blagovsh-Nikolayev Parakh", repeated alongside, addressed to Japan, with violet Tsuruga (30 Oct) transit and "Ojiya" (1 Nov) arrival pmk below. It appears that the card was transported from Blagoveshchensk, via Amur River to Nikolayev and from there by C.E.R Manchurian ship line to Vladivostok and then by ship to Japan, fine and unusual river mail usage (Image)

Est.US$500