KHANATE OF BUKHARA; "Shakhrizyabz Bukharan Possessions" ("Green City") light 16 12 17 cancels on Russia 1r strip of three (each stamp with punch holes), Very Fine; Tchilinghirian states "no examples of this postmark known" (Image)

CV. 200-250

KHANATE OF BUKHARA; 1895 Registered Cover to India, Russia 10k pair tied on back side of cover by partial strikes of Cyrillic "Bukhara / Post Telegraph Office 23 V 1895" cds, accompanied by British "Sea Post Office JU 30 95" and Italian "Pontebba-Bologna / Amb No 7 16 GIU 95" transit cancels, multilingual address side with same Bukhara cancel and circled "RE" handstamp, cover opened and slightly reduced at left, Fine (Image)

CV. 300-400

'"KHANATE OF BUKHARA; Staraya-Bukhara 1909 Registered Cover to Constantinople, back side franked with Russia 3k pair, 7k pair tied by Cyrillic ""Staraya-Bukhara 22 12 9"" cancels, alongside a R.O.P.i.T. / Constantinople transit cds, address side with same Staraya-Bukhala cancel, plus a blur R.O.P.i.T. Mont Athos-Istanbul cancel that''s been crossed out, Cyrillic registry label partially removed when cover opened and reduced at left, bit of wrinkling, Fine"' (Image)

CV. 200-250

'"KHANATE OF BUKHARA; Staraya-Bukhara 1912 Cover to India, back side franked with Russia 3k, 7k tied by Cyrillic ""Staraya-Bukhara 24 7.12 cancels (another applied on address side), accompanied by Indian transit and arrival cancels plus an interesting sender''s handstamp, opened and partly reduced at left and partially at top where there are a couple of small edge breaks, Fine"' (Image)

CV. 200-250

'"KHANATE OF BUKHARA; Novaya-Bukhara 1914 Cover to Germany, Russia 7k stationery envelope uprated with Russia 3k, 10k all cancelled by nice strikes of Cyrillic ""Novaya-Bukhara 16 1.14"" cancels with another full strike at left, no backstamps but do note an attractive music-themed sender''s handstamp on back, small cover faults but a rare use with Tchilinghirian stating the cancellation is scarce and ""no covers are known"""' (Image)

CV. 200-250

KHANATE OF BUKHARA; Charjuy Zakasp., 1910 Postcard to Austria, Russia 4k tied to picture side of ppc by excellent strike of "Zakaspiiskaya Oblast 6 2.10" (Transcaspian Province) cds with another struck on the address side, addressed to Prag but no transit or receiving cancels, Very Fine and rare (Image)

CV. 200-250

KHANATE OF BUKHARA; Charjuy Bukhar, 1913 Postcard to Odessa, Russia 1k (3) tied to ppc by good strikes of "Bukharakiya Vladyeniya 28 12.13" cancels (Bukharian Possessions) with Odessa receiving cancel, card with some light internal wrinkling and couple light water marks affecting one stamp, Fine and rare (Image)

CV. 200-250

KHANATE OF KHIVA; Khiva, 1920 Money Order Form to Siberia, Russia Tsarist 5k fiscals (single and srtrip of five) used due to regular stamp shortage, all tied to form for transference of 4,000 rubles from Khiva to Tokmak (Siberia) by Cyrillic "Khiva Khivan Possessions" 14 6.20 cancels, Very Fine and unusual; at time of writing Tchilinghirian reported no known examples of this postmark (Image)

CV. 150-200

"Station Chalangtun / Chinese Eastern Railway" strong "on the nose" 21 5 20 cds cancels on pair of Russia 3.50 R, Very Fine; per Tchilinghirian handbook, no examples of this postmark known on cover (Image)

CV. 200-250

LYAOTUNG LEASED TERRITORY; 1903 Postal Card to Berlin, Russia 4k card cancelled by Cyrillic Port Arthur / Post Office 4 IX 1903 cds, light Berlin arrival cancel on face, Fine use (Image)

CV. 250-300

LYAOTUNG LEASED TERRITORY; 1904 Cover to St Petersburg, Russia 7k tied on backside by Cyrillic Port Arthur / Post Office 31 7 1904 cds with a St Petersburg 11.IX.1906 arrival cancel alongside, cover could not be forwarded due to Japanese seige and a special label was affixed on the back stating this was a piece of mail captured by the Japanese when the city surrendered, after the peace agreement it was handed to the Russian Imperial Mission to Japan and delivered to the Khabarovsk post office, eventually being delivered more than two years after posting, cover with sealed break along the top edge, open three sides for display, Fine use (Image)

CV. 1,000-1,500

LYAOTUNG LEASED TERRITORY; 1904 Postal Card to Finland, 3k postal card cancelled by Cyrillic Dalny / Military Telegraph Office 19 I 04 cds, light Helsingfors 22 II 04 bilingual receiving cancel on face, Very Fine and rare; Tchilinghirian does not list this postmark on cover; a second office was opened at Dalny (earliest pmk 12 Jun 1902) and was captured by the Japanese 30 May 1904 - all postmarks from this office considered rare (Image)

CV. 100-150

LYAOTUNG LEASED TERRITORY; 1904 Military Postcard, unfranked ppc datelined "between Harbin and Mukden, 13 Aug 1904" and bearing the negative seal of "Quartermaster/2nd park, 73rd Artillery Brigade Encampment" and unlisted postmark "Dalny Kwangtung Territory / Railway Postal Branch", Very Fine and choice, the Japanese had captured Dalny at this point indicating this usage executed by evacuated postal staff which took their equipment and operated the post from behind Russian lines (Image)

CV. 250-300

MANCHURIA 1911 Registered Cover to Austria, Russia 20k tied on commercial cover by Cyrillic Harbin 12 5 11 cds, blue straight-line REGISTERED and a French registry label affixed over Cyrillic to conform to UPU regulations, addressed to Vienna but no transit or receiving marks, backstamped Harbin 14 5 11, central vertical file fold and bit roughly opened, still a Fine use (Image)

CV. 200-250

MANCHURIA 1905 Railway Cover to Odessa, unfranked envelope sent from the Railway Branch during Russo-Japanese War with excellent strikes of "Collection Point of the Rear Evacuation Commission" and Cyrillic "Kharbin / Zhelyeznodorozhnoe Pochtovoe Otdyelenie 22 V 1905" cds (Harbin / Railway Postal Branch), backstamped Odessa 11 6 05, slightly trimmed at top, Fine and attractive (Image)

CV. 200-250

MANCHURIA 1920 Cover from Harbin Pier Office, back side with Offices in China 10k Overprint tied by Cyrillic "Kharbin Pristan / Stantsiya Kitaiskoi Vostochnoi Zheleznoi Dorogoi 12 ii 20 cds (Harbin Pier / Station of the Chinese Eastern Railway) with another strike on front, backstamped with indistinct cds, open at left, some mounting remains on front side corners, Fine (Image)

CV. 250-300

'"MANCHURIA; 1905 Hospital Quarter Postcard, unfranked card with nice strike of Cyrillic ""Kharbin Gospidal Gorodok 25 I 05"" cds, addressed to HRH Maria Feodorovna''s Charity at the Anichkov Palace in St Petersburg, card with some light wrinkling, Fine; the most elusive Harbin area postmark and unrecorded in Tchilinghirian"' (Image)

CV. 250-300

MANCHURIA; 1905 Cover from Harbin Corps Quarter, unfranked envelope mailed by member of the 14th Artillery Regiment and postmarked Cyrillic "Kharbin Korpusnii Gorodok 18 11 05" in blue, backstamped with regiment handstamp and an offset impression a January 1906 cancel, cover slightly reduced at top and a corner bend LL, Fine use; only one example of this Corps Quarter (Military Barracks) postmark is recorded in Tchilinghirian (Image)

CV. 200-250

MANCHURIA; 1913 Cover Harbin Depot to Siberia, Russia 7k Nicholas II tied by oval Cyrillic "Kharbin Vokzal 16 7 15" date stamp with another strike below, backstamped Chita 18 7 13, cleanly opened at left, Very Fine and choice; nice use from the Central Railway Station (Image)

CV. 150-200

MANCHURIA; Manchuli 1905 Postcard to Red Cross, sent free during war to a Sister of Mercy at Red Cross HQ in Harbin struck with green cachet of "Medical Train" and cancelled by light "Manchuli / Railway Postal Branch 14 3 05 cds, a light central vertical fold, Fine (Image)

CV. 100-150

MANCHURIA; 1915 Registered Censored Cover Manchuli to USA, backside franked with Russia 10k Nicholas II pair tied by strong Manchuli 17 1 15 cds, address side with two registry labels, ms. "Via Japan" routing, censor handstamp, backstamped two Japanese transits and San Francisco Feb 22 1915 arrival, cover opened and slightly reduced left and bottom, Fine (Image)

CV. 150-200

MANCHURIA; 1913 Postcard Manchuli Depot to USA, ppc franked with Russia 1913 1k, 3k tied by oval Railway Station 22 6 13 cancel, Fine (Image)

CV. 100-150

'"MANCHURIA; 1904 ""Red Band"" Cover from Mukden, unfranked military mail with Cyrillic Mukden 10 10 04 cds, light backstamp, Very Fine'' the Mukden office opened in 1904 and closed the following year when the Japanese occupied the city"' (Image)

CV. 150-200

'"MANCHURIA; 1905 Postcard Taladzhao to St Petersburg, unfranked card addressed to HRH Maria Feodorovna''s Charity in St Petersburg, light arrival cancel on face, Very Fine, one of two known examples of this cancel which is unrecorded in Tchilinghirian"' (Image)

CV. 250-300

MANCHURIA; 1904 Registered Cover Lyaoyang to Moscow, back side franked with Russia 7k pair tied by light strike of Cyrillic "Lyaoyanskaya Polevaya Pochtovaya Kontora 26 5 04" cds (Lyaoyang Field Post Office) with another strike on address side, back side with Cyrillic registry label and Moscow 15 6 04 receiver, cover bit worn and with a small break at bottom, Fine, this military office opened in 1900 and was active until the Japanese arrived in 1905 (Image)

CV. 150-200