1901 (16 Oct) money transfer 25k form to St. Petersburg, sending 50 rubles from Port Arthur, boxed registry and departure postmarks in violet, with arrival (18 Nov) and additional 24 November cds (indicating when money was paid out to addressee), fine usage from Russian Post office in Manchuria (Lyaotung Leasehold), signed Holcombe (Image)

Est.$1,200

1903 large (260x138mm) registered cover from Shanghai to Germany franked on the back with block of 20x5c rose red (C.I.P.), sent via the Russian Post Office, with 9x10k "Kitai", two different framed "R Shanghai" registration handstamps, also Russian label, some cover creases away from the stamps, fine high value franking, with Passing arrival pmk (Image)

Est.$2,500

1914 Russian stamps cancelled in Shanghai, 1k-7k Romanov and 1k-10k semi-postals, for a total of eight different, also three surcharges on piece, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.$500

1917 (9 Oct) registered "Services des Prisonniers de Guerre" cover from Tientsin, with 2c, 3c, 25c and pair of 15c surcharges paying 60c on back, with I.J.P.O. Tientsin and Changchun I.J.P.O. transit, intact wax seals, some cover faults, otherwise fine (Image)

Est.$500

1917 (9 Oct) registered "Services des Prisonniers de Guerre" cover from Tientsin, with 2c, 3c, 25c and pair of 15c surcharges paying 60c on back, with I.J.P.O. Tientsin and Changchun I.J.P.O. transit, intact wax seals, some cover faults, otherwise fine (Image)

Est.$500

1920 10 Cent. on 10k/7k blue, also "Cent" only ("10" omitted) on 10k dark blue, tied on piece by "Hailar" 24.5.20 cds, fine and rare item (Cat No. 77,78var) (Image)

Est.$400