1897 (7 Nov) cover franked with Russia 10k dark blue, tied by violet "Shanghai Pochtowaya Kontora 7.XI.1897" departure pmk, repeated on back, addressed to Leipzig, with "Ligne N. Paq.Fr.No3" octagonal French packet ship transit and arrival pmks on back, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1899 (16 May) 10k lettercard sent from Chefoo, China to Germany by a signalman on the cruiser SMS Irene, part of the German East Asia Squadron. Postmarked at the Russian post office in Chefoo (16.5.99 old style and 28.5 new style), the Russian post office in Shanghai (20.5), Hong Kong (9.6), with Hedelfingen (10.7) arrival. (The message is datelined "Chefoo, China, Shantung Province, 27 May 1899" and reads, "Your first letter of 6 April arrived a few days ago. Thank you for that. I hurry to answer. I am very pleased to hear that you, your family, and your parents are doing well. I can say the same about myself. As typhoid is prevalent in Tsingtao, the cruiser squadron is presently in Chefoo, where we held large maneuvers. In the next few days, we will set sail for Tsingtao, Vladivostok, Yokohama, Kobe, and Hakodate. I will send you messages from those places.") (Image)

Est.US$150

1902 (13 May) Japanese postcard franked with 1k and 3k Kitai overprints, tied by "Chefoo Pochtowaya Kontora" departure pmk, repeated alongside, sent via Yokohama (16 May) and Nagasaki (19 May) to Oakland, USA, framed Paquebot handstamp (probably applied in Nagasaki), various due markings, including "to Collect 1 cent", with postage due stamp added on arrival (June 6) (Image)

Est.US$150

1903 (26 Nov) red illustrated cover to Italy, franked on back with pair of 10k Kitai overprints, tied by "Inkou 1 Polev. Tel. Ot Priam.Okr." (Inkou Field Telegraph Branch Priamur District) cds, with corresponding Registry label, sent via Tientsin, with Registry handstamp on front, handstamped in Cyrillic "Registered via Siberia", with Tientsin and Newchong transit pmks, also Torino and Cuineo arrival pmks, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and scarce double registered cover to uncommon destination (Image)

Est.US$500

1903 (8 Oct) large registered cover (return address "Roland Pehan Railway, China") franked with 1k, 2k, 3k, 5k, 7k and 10k Kitai overprints, paying 28k from HANKOU to Tournai, Belgium, tied by "Hankou Pocht. Kont." strikes in blue, repeated on back, showing clear registration handstamp, Field Post Office No.17 (Priamur) and Pochtowyj Wagon 2 (Postal Car) 21.X.03 transits, with six Belgian arrival and forwarding markings, intact wax seals on back, fine and impressive cover, with Holcombe certificate, ex-Liphschutz (Image)

Est.US$250

1906 (31 Oct) cover franked with 7k Kitai overprinted adhesive, tied by "Chifu Pochtw. Kontora" cds, repeated alongside, addressed to Vladivostok, with arrival pmk on back, filing fold away from the stamp, fine cover from Chefoo (Image)

Est.US$100

1907 (23 Mar) 3k stationery card, franked with 1k, 2k, 3k, 4k, 5k and 7k, all overprinted Kitai, canceled Chefoo (Tchilingirian & Stephen & Stephen type 3A), addressed to German Consulate Ming-Hai, fine (Image)

Est.US$100

1917 (24 Nov) pre-printed Red Cross Service des Prisonniers de Guerre, Red Cross card (in German and Russian), confirming transfer of 800r from the German and Austro-Hungarian Help Committee for the Prisoners of War, franked with 1c and 2c surcharges, tied by Tientsin Russian Post cds, with framed Censor handstamp in Cyrillic (Examined by Military Censor in Tientsin) alongside, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$150

1903 (17 July) registered cover (opened for display) from Harbin to Gnesen, Germany (today Gniezno, Poland), franked on back with Russian 2k, and two each 3k and 7k, paying 22k, tied by "Harbin 5 Pocht. Tel. Kont", Roman Numerals "VII" inverted, fine, with Moscow transit and arrival pmks (Image)

Est.US$150

1907 (16 Nov) registered cover headed "American Consulate Harbin", sent from Harbin to Oswego City, franked with unoverprinted Russian 2k and 4x7k, paying 30k, tied by Harbin departure cds, with Cyrillic Registry Label "Harbin centralnoj" (Harbin Central), intact U.S. "Consulate General Mukden China" wax seal, transit and arrival pmks on back, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1919 (9 May) cover franked with unoverprinted Russian 15k, two imperf. pairs of 5k, used in combination with 35k on 2k (Siberia), paying 70k from Harbin to Los Angeles, with I.J.P.O. Changchun (Manchuria) and Kobe, Japan transit markings, both on front, fine cover, ex-Robbins (Image)

Est.US$150

1919 (2 Dec) cover franked with unoverprinted Russian 35k and imperf. 70k, used in combination with 3x35k on 2k (Siberia), paying 2r from Harbin to San Francisco, with "Harbin-Pristan" (Harbin Pier Postal Branch) departure pmks, with I.J.P.O. Changchun (Manchuria) transit pmk on back, cover roughly opened at top, otherwise fine (Image)

Est.US$250

1910 (23 Oct) picture postcard franked with 3k ordinary Russian adhesive, canceled "Manchuria Pocht. Kont.", used locally in Manchuli ("Dear Mom"), with Manchuria arrival cds, fine and scarce local usage, showing Manchuria departure and arrival markings, ex-Casey (Image)

Est.US$150

1914 (20 May) registered commercial cover from the firm of San-Ho-Shin (bilingual pre-printed address in Chinese and Cyrillic "Sale of various Candies"), Station Manchuria, with Cyrillic "Manchuria Pochtowaya Kontora" Registry label, franked on back with Russian 15k and 20k, paying 35k and tied by two strikes of Manchuria Pocht. Kont. cds, addressed to Chita, arriving two days later, fine usage from Manchuli (Image)

Est.US$150

1916 (31 Nov) printed card informing Austrian Prisoner of War of parcel arrival, franked with 3k Kitai overprinted adhesive, canceled Tientsin, with bold censor marking of Manchuli in violet, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1917 (4 June) picture postcard (Zabaikal. Railroad) with 3k imperf. adhesive, canceled "Manchuria" and sent from Manchuli to Prechistov (21.6.17), v.f. (Image)

Est.US$100

1898 (24 Dec) cover from Port Arthur to Jersey City, N.J., franked with unoverprinted Russian 1k, 2k, 3k and 4k, paying 10k, with clear departure ("Port Arthur Pochtow. Kont.") cds, Yokohama and Nagasaki, Japan transits, with "New York Paid All" and Jersey City arrival (Feb 7, 99) on back, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1901 (13 Apr) money letter sent from Port Arthur to Odessa, with the wax seal of the Port Arthur post office and insurance handstamp "Port Arthur No." (The letter contained one ruble to be transmitted to a Russian monastery on Mt. Athos, where it arrived on 11 June. Sent by Vladimir Andreyevich Andreyev, a doctor on the Russian armored cruiser "Rossiya", which was part of the squadron sent to China to suppress the Boxer Rebellion. Andreyev entered the Navy in 1899 and served as a doctor on various ships before being assigned to the General Directorate of Shipbuilding. He became an expert on the hygienic design of heating, ventilation, and food and water supply systems on warships). Illustrated in "Forces Postal History Society Journal" No.326 (Image)

Est.US$250

1902 (24 June) 4k stationery card sent from Port Arthur to Shanghai, with clear departure ("Port Arthur Pochtow. Kont."), sent via Chinese and Russian Post Offices in Chefoo, with Shanghai Local Post July arrival in blue (Image)

Est.US$150