"Peking / Post Telegraph Office" on a receipt for a 26-word telegram to Mukden, Very Fine; the discovery example, with one other having been found on a cover (Image)

CV. 200-250

"Kalganskaya Zagranichnaya Poctovaya Kontora" (Kalgan Post Office Abroad) 14 Sep 1908 cancel ties Russia 3k on postcard, accompanied by a similar postmark (4 Aug 1913) used as a receiving cancel on an incoming postcard addressed to Kalgan from the US; Fine and scarce being rated "rare" in T&S handbook; Kalgan is just inside the Great Wall at the border with the Chahar Province of Inner Mongolia, a Russian office operated there 1865-1920 and was treated as the other offices in Mongolia in that normal Russian stamps, instead of the "Kitai" overprints, were used (Image)

CV. 300-400

PEKING; 1903 Postcard to Wien, "Peking / Post Office" 29 Oct 1903 cds ties 2k pair (Scott 2), Wien 2,12,03 arrival cancel, card with a corner bend UR, Fine use; this replacement postmark was used from early 1901 to about 1905 (Image)

CV. 250-300

PEKING; 1904 Registered Postcard to Munich, "Peking / Post Office" 3 May 1904 cancels tie 1k, 3k, 10k Overprints, registry label in Cyrillic (not conforming to UPU regulations)plus circled "R", Munchen 12 Jun 04 and 13 Jun 04 arrival cancels, Fine and attractive 3-color franking, card sent from a guard at the German legation (Image)

CV. 300-400

PEKING; 1910 Registered Cover to Germany, 20k Overprint tied by "Peking" 3.2.10 cds, registry label in Cyrillic (not conforming to UPU regulations), backstamped Chemnitz 3.3.10, fresh and Very Fine, the "Peking" only cancel was in service from 1906-20. (Image)

CV. 300-400

PEKING; 1912 Registered Cover to Berlin, 2k, 4k (2), 15k Overprints plus Russia 5k without overprint tied by Peking 27.4.12 cancels, bilingual registry label (now conforming to UPU regulations), backstamped Berlin 23.5.12, Very Fine double rate cover with mixed franking (Image)

CV. 300-400

TIENTSIN; 1908 Registered Letter Card to Germany, 7k letter card (tabs attached) uprated with Russia 7k without overprint and cancelled by Tyan-Tszin Zagr. Poch. Kon. (Tientsin Post Office Abroad) 12 5 08 cds, Cyrillic registry label and circled "R", Bonn 30.6.06 arrival cancel, stamp was torn in two prior to affixing, still a Fine use with the non-overprinted stamp paying the registry fee (Image)

CV. 300-400

TIENTSIN; 1912 Homemade Wrapper to Imperial Russian Mission in Peking, franked with 7k Overprint, tied by light Tyan-Tszin Zagr. Poch. Kon. 16 10 12 cds, "Doplatit / Tientsin" oval postage due handstamp (only three examples recorded), Fine and unusual, great showpiece (Image)

CV. 600-900

TIENTSIN; 1916 Unfranked Censored Postcard to Paris, real photo ppc with light Cyrillic Tientsin Russian Post 16 5 16 cds, Petrograd censor handstamp, couple of indistinct cancels at bottom, Very Fine (Image)

CV. 250-300

TIENTSIN; 1916 Locally Addressed Postal Card, 3k overprinted card (probably a reply card) cancelled by Cyrillic Tientsin Russian Post 18 4 16 cds and Tientsin Poste Russe 18 4 16 (French Post) cancel, Very Fine; backside printing indicates card authorized a gift parcel worth 10 rubles to be sent to a Hungarian POW in Russia, (Image)

CV. 300-400

CHEFOO; 1900 Cover to Germany, 1k, 2k (2, one on back), 3k, 5k, 7k Overprints tied by Cyrillic Chefoo / Post Office 27 VI 00 large cds (31mm) with strike of a similar but smaller (26mm) strike alongside, red registry handstamp and various crayon markings, backstamped Russian PO in Shanghai and Hong Kong, addressed to noted dealer Gebruder Senf in Leipzig but no arrival cancel, Very Fine and attractive (Image)

CV. 350-450

CHEFOO; 1916 Postcard to London, 4k Overprint tied by Chefoo 5 4 16 cds (another strike at bottom), Petrograd transit cancels and censor handstamp, neat 2-line "PART OF MAIL CAPTURED / BY GERMANS AND DELAYED" handstamp applied in England, card with bit of expected wear and a corner crease, Fine, probably transited through Sweden but was intercepted by the German Navy in the Baltic; this second type of Chefoo cancel debuted in 1905/06 and served until 1920 (Image)

CV. 300-400

CHEFOO; 1915 Registered Cover to USA, 2k, 4k, 14k Overprints tied by Chefoo 1 12 15 cancels with another strike along bilingual registry label, backstamped Seattle and Detroit, Fine trans-Pacific use (Image)

CV. 250-300

HANKOW; 1906 Stationery Entire and Postal Card to Prag / Austria, 7k overprinted postal stationery envelope uprated with 3k Overprint and cancelled by strong Cyrillic Hankow 11 9 06 cancel, 4k overprinted message/reply postal card with same Hankow 11 9 06 cds plus a Prag receiver on face (cover no receiving cancel though there is a fragment of apparently the same blue Prag cancel seen on the postal card), F-VF (Image)

CV. 250-300

'"HANKOW;1917 Registered Censored Cover to Holland, 20k Overprint tied by Hankow Poste Russe 29 I 17 cds with another full strike below, bilingual registry label (two labels overlapping to make bilingual), triangle framed ""12/6"", Russian censor label and handstamp (Petrograd), backstamped ''sGravenhage 2 IV 17, cover bit edge worn with small break at top, Fine use; the French style Hankow postmark appeared in 1910"' (Image)

CV. 300-400

HANKOW; 1912 Registered Cover to England, 10k Overprints (3) tied by Hankow Russe Poste 28 9 12 cds with another strike alongside, bilingual registry label and circled "R" handstamp, "Via Siberia" routing instruction, backstamped red oval London 16 OC 12 and Brighton OC 16 12, cover some light aging and wrinkling, couple tiny staple holes, Fine (Image)

CV. 200-250

SHANGHAI; 1900 Registered Cover Front with six-color overprint franking, all tied by Cyrillic Shanghai Post Office large 11 V 00 double circle cancels, unusual English "I.R.P.O. Shanghai, China" (Imperial Russian Post Office) registry label, Very Fine, this large-type cancel was used until 1903 (Image)

CV. 150-200

SHANGHAI; 1902 "Red Band" Cover to USA, 1k pair, 2k, 3k pair Overprints tied on small envelope by Cyrillic Shanghai Post Office large 4 X 1902 double circle cancels, backstamped Nagasaki, Yokohama, Seattle transits and Amsterdam NY Oct 31 1902, envelope small edge break LR corner, still Very Fine (Image)

CV. 300-400

SHANGHAI; 1905 Postal Card to Germany, 3k overprinted card uprated with German Offices 20c (added as a souvenir), cancelled by Cyrillic Shanghai 19 8 05 cds with another strike below, light arrival cancel on face, trivial bit of aging, Fine use to Prussian Moresnet, this type of Shanghai postmark was in use 1903-05 (Image)

CV. 100-150

SHANGHAI; 1907 Letter Card to Saigon, 10k overprinted card (tabs intact) with Cyrillic Shanghai P.O. Abroad 16 6 07 cds and addressed to the Captain of the French frigate "Redoubtable" in Saigon, Indochina, indistinct arrival backstamp, Very Fine (Image)

CV. 300-400

SHANGHAI; 1909 Registered Cover to Hungary, 15k, 25k Overprints tied by nice strikes of Shanghai Poste Russe 9 6 09 cancels, registry label in English, routing instructions "Via Siberia", backstamped Budapest 1909 Jun 25, Very Fine, nice destination; the French style Shanghai postmark began service in 1906 (Image)

CV. 300-400

SHANGHAI; 1913 Registered Cover to Germany, 10k Overprint pair tied by Shanghai Poste Russe 22 4 13 cds with another strike alongside, bilingual registry label, backstamped Berlin 7.5.13, envelope couple file folds with 2cm break at top, Fine use (Image)

CV. 200-250

SHANGHAI, 1916 Censored Parcel Form to Persia, 20k, 3.50R (19, front and back) Overprints tied by Shanghai Poste Russe 25 5 16 cancels, censored in Baku, addressed to Enzli, Persia, typical wear but a Fine and impressive item with a total of 66.70 rubles postage to send multiple packages to Persia; 1992 Holcombe certificate; ex-Liphschutz (Image)

CV. 400-500

SHANGHAI; 1917 Registered Censored Cover to Denmark, 3c on 3k pair, 10c on 10k pair tied on cover to Red Cross by Shanghai Poste Russe 16 7 17, Cyrillic registry label, ms. "via Siberia" routing, various censor marks and tape, backstamped Kjobenhavn 13.10.17, bit of postal wear, Fine (Image)

CV. 300-400

SHANGHAI; 1916 Censored Cover to England, 5k Overprints (2) tied by Cyrillic Shanghai Post Office Abroad 26 9 16 cancels (30mm), censor handstamp, backstamped Petrograd 9 10 16, Fine, the Cyrillic version of the PO Abroad cancel was used from 1915 until the office closed in 1920 (Image)

CV. 200-250