Usage of Imperial adhesives in China 1866: 10 k. brown & blue on horizontally laid paper, cancelled by crisp part strike of boxed script PEKIN handstamp (Tchilinghirian & Stephens fig. 464). The first postmark used in the Russian P.O. in Peking, a rarity, as only few strikes are known on stamps and pieces, and the only complete cover is the famous one ex Fabergê and Dr. Casey (xerox added to lot). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Sale No: 284
Lot No:1902
Symbol:Cat No:1x-7x

Russian P.O.'s in China - Tientsin: 1899: Imperial Arms definitives on horizontally laid paper ovpt. KITAI, 1 kop. orange to 10 kop. blue, each example tied by TYAN-TZIN cds with blobs in red (Tchilinghirian Abb. 488) on cover to Berlin, very fine and scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)