1882 (10 Dec) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with 7k (horizontally laid paper), tied by "Urga" double oval departure date-stamp (Month above Day), with other markings and red chops. Scarce date-stamp Type 3b (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1884 (8 Jan) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with 7k (1884 year issue), tied by "Urga" double oval departure date-stamp (right half of the year missing), the year was written by hand at the sender's post office. The receiving firm's "Dun-Fu-Yu Pekin" handstamp is in a red oval, with other markings and red handstamps. Date-stamp Type 3c (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1892 (28 Jan) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with 7k (1889 year issue), tied by "Urga" double oval departure date-stamp (right half of the year missing), the year was written by hand at the sender's post office. The receiving firm's "Dun-Fu-Yu Pekin" handstamp is in a red double-framed rectangle, with other markings and red handstamps. Date-stamp Type 3c (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1892 (8 Feb) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with 7k (1889 year issue), tied by "Urga" double oval departure date-stamp (right half of the year missing), the year was written by hand at the sender's post office. The receiving firm's "Dun-Fu-Yu Pekin" handstamp is in a red double-framed rectangle, with other markings and red handstamps. Date-stamp Type 3c (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1893 (18 Feb) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with 7k (1889 year issue), tied by "Urga" double oval departure date-stamp (right half of the year missing), the year was written by hand at the sender's post office. The receiving firm's "Dun-Fu-Yu Pekin" handstamp is in a red double-framed rectangle, with other markings and red handstamps. Date-stamp Type 3c (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1896 (8 Nov) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with 7k (1889 year issue), tied by "Urga Pochtov. Kontora" date-stamp. The receiving firm's "Dun-Fu-Yu Pekin" handstamp is in a red double-framed rectangle, with other markings and red handstamps. Date-stamp Type 4a (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1898 (16 Aug) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with pair of 4k, tied by "Urga Pochtov. Kontora" date-stamp. The receiving firm's "Dun-Fu-Yu Pekin" handstamp is in a red double-framed rectangle, with other markings and red handstamps. Date-stamp Type 4a (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1898 (24 Sep) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with three 4k, and 3k, paying a total of 15k, tied by "Urga Pochtov. Kontora" date-stamp. The receiving firm's "Dun-Fu-Yu Pekin" handstamp is in a red double-framed rectangle, with other markings and red handstamps. Date-stamp Type 4 (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1899 (30 Apr) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with 14k (1889 year issue), tied by "Urga Pochtov. Kontora" date-stamp. The receiving firm's "Dun-Fu-Yu Pekin" handstamp is in a red double-framed rectangle, with other markings and red handstamps. Date-stamp Type 4 (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1903 (26 Jul) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with pair of 7k, a pair of 4k, and a single 7k (1889/1904 year issue), paying a total of 29k, tied by "Urga Pochtov. Kontora" cds. The receiving firm's "Dun-Fu-Yu Pekin" handstamp is in a red double-framed rectangle, with other markings and red handstamps. Date-stamp Type 4 (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1903 (25 Oct) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with pair of 7k, paying 14k, tied by "Urga Pochtov. Kontora" date-stamp, repeated alongside, with Russian Post Office in Peking arrival date-stamp on back. The receiving firm's "Dun-Fu-Yu Pekin" handstamp is in a red double-framed rectangle, with other markings and red handstamps. Date-stamp Type 4b (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1904 (2 Feb) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with pair of 7k, and a single 7k, tied by "Urga Pochtov. Kontora" date-stamp, with Russian Post Office in Peking arrival date-stamp at the bottom. The receiving firm's "Dun-Fu-Yu Pekin" handstamp is in a red double-framed rectangle, with other markings and red handstamps. Scarce red-violet color date-stamp Type 4a (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1905 (28 Feb) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with 7k, tied by clear "Urga Pochtov. Kontora" date-stamp, repeated alongside. The receiving firm's "Dun-Fu-Yu Pekin" handstamp is in a red double-framed rectangle, with other markings and red handstamps. Date-stamp Type 4b (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1905 (11 Apr) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Kalgan, China. Franked with 7k, tied by "Urga Pochtov. Kontora" date-stamp, repeated alongside, with other markings and red handstamps. Date-stamp Type 4b (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1906 (29 May) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Kalgan, China. Franked with pair of 7k, tied by "Urga Pochtov. Kontora" date-stamp, repeated alongside, with other markings and red handstamps. Few stamps were removed from the cover. Date-stamp Type 4b (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1915 (21 Mar) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with 10k, tied by "Urga v Mongolii" date-stamp, with two different Chinese arrival postmarks, and censorship handstamp in a circle. Russian Post Office in Peking arrival date-stamp on the back. Date-stamp Type 7b (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1915 (21 Apr) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with 10k, tied by "Urga v Mongolii" date-stamp, repeated alongside, with two different Chinese arrival postmarks. Russian Post Office in Peking arrival date-stamp and censorship handstamp on back. Date-stamp Type 7b (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1915 (26 Oct) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with 10k, tied by "Urga v Mongolii" date-stamp, repeated alongside and on the backside, with two different Chinese arrival postmarks. Russian Post Office in Peking arrival date-stamp and censorship handstamp on back. Date-stamp Type 7b (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1916 (8 Mar) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with 10k, tied by "Urga v Mongolii" date-stamp repeated alongside, with two different Chinese arrival postmarks, censorship handstamp in a rectangle, and small black handstamp in an oval. Russian Post Office in Peking arrival date-stamp on the back. Date-stamp Type 7b (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1916 (29 Mar) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with 10k, tied by "Urga v Mongolii" date-stamp repeated alongside, with two different Chinese arrival postmarks, and censorship handstamp in a rectangle. Two transit postmarks of Vladivostok - 10 April 1916 and 12 April 1916. Russian Post Office in Peking arrival date-stamp on the back. Date-stamp Type 7b (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1916 (21 June) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with 10k, tied by "Urga v Mongolii" date-stamp, repeated on the back, with two different Chinese arrival postmarks, and Vladivostok censorship handstamp. Russian Post Office in Peking arrival date-stamp on back. Date-stamp Type 7b (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1919 (14 June) red band cover addressed from Russian Post Office in Urga, Mongolia to Pekin, China. Franked with 10k, tied by "Urga v Mongolii" date-stamp, repeated on the back, with two different Chinese arrival postmarks. Russian Post Office in Peking arrival date-stamp on back and Vladivostok censorship handstamp. The cover was sent in a period of civil war in Russia, a few months before the Chinese occupation of Mongolia (October 1919). Date-stamp Type 7b (Tchilingirian & Stephen). (Image)

1931 (17 Nov) cover locally used in Urga (Ulan Bator) franked with imperforated 10m, tied by Ulan Bator departure postmark with a swastika symbol and addressed in Cyrillic to 'Mongolbank'. Signed in blue sign on the front. Inverted 10m overprint on imperf 10c green stamp with a large corner margin. Very rare stamp used on the cover. Excellent specimen. (Image)