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Russian Post Offices in the Chinese Empire continued...

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Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening
20020   imageTIENTSIN: 1917 Red Cross P.O.W. printed postcard with Russia Chinese surcharged 3c on 3k tied by Tientsin 8.7.17 cds (T&S type 6), with boxed black censor cachet adjacent, fine. Note: Origin of the illustration in “Russische Postcensuur 1914-1918” pg.94 by A. Speeckaert



SOLD for € 360.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20021   imageTIENTSIN: 1918 Cover to the USA with “KITAI” 7k and Russia Chinese surcharged 3c on 3k, with the 7k rejected and only the 3c on 3k tied by Tientsin 20.1.18 cds (T&S type 6), with “Doplatit / Tienstine” (To Pay) oval hs with ms “14” added (14k equating to 50 Chinese cents), franked on arrival at Newtonville with USA 1c and 3c (3) postage dues and New York “Due” duplex, opened and resealed by censors at Petrograd and London, a rare and interesting cover, Tientsin “Doplatit” unrecorded by T&S



SOLD for € 1,700.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20022   imagePEKING: 1880 (Jan 4) Cover from Peking to Germany with 1875 8k tied by Cyrillic “PEKIN’ / 4 JAN 1880” hs, sent through Mongolia to Kyakhta, then via St. Petersburg (transit further tying stamp) to Wiesbaden, this being the earliest of the three known covers with this cancel and the only one with an adhesive. Note: Illustrated in “Signet” Jan-Mar 1989 p.79



SOLD for € 50,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20023   imagePEKING: 1885 Parcel receipt for 16 funts (pounds) sent from Peking to Kuldja (Sinkiang), with delcared value of 40R, charged 11R77k incl. 20k insurance and 5k registration and recepit, signed by the Peking Postmaster (Nikolai Gomboev) with double oval Peking 8.6.85 ds (Tchilinghirian & Stephen type 3), unusual



SOLD for € 2,800.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20024   imagePEKING INCOMING: 1885 Cover from Mexico (stamps excised) to the Russian Embassy in Peking via San Francisco, the US Consulate in Shanghai, the Chinese P.O. in Shanghai (where “To Pay” hs was applied) before arriving at the Russian P.O. in Peking (Tchilinghirian & Stephen type 3 ds), then redirected to St. Petersburg via Kyakhta (taking another 64 days owing to the state of Siberian post roads during winter). Note: Possibly because it was applied to mail abroad, the Peking cancel used the New Style calendar instead of the Old Style then in use in Russia and its foreign P.O.s



SOLD for € 6,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20025   imagePEKING: 1886 Native cover from Peking to Tver (Russia) with Arms 7k tied by double oval Peking 16.8.86 ds (T&S type 3 variety day above month) paying the internal rate, with “Nikolai Railway, Moscow” transit and Tver arrival, opened for display with some reinforcing.



SOLD for € 48,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20026   imagePEKING: 1897 Disinfected cover to Moscow with Arms 7k tied by Peking 13.8.97 cds (T&S type 4), with violet disinfection mark OBEZZARAZHEHO of Troitskosavsk adjacent. Note: Disinfection of mail from China was carried out at Russian frontier posts intermittently between 1895 and 1900 in response to cholera epidemics



SOLD for € 2,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20027   imagePEKING: 1899 5k Postal stationery envelope registered to St. Petersburg, uprated with “KITAI” 7k and 10k, tied by Peking 15.11.99 cds (T&S type 4) with primitive boxed registration cachet adjacent with “PEKING” and ms number, this cachet preceded the registration labels, one of three examples known



SOLD for € 5,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20028   imagePEKING: 1902 Cover registered to Germany with “KITAI” 3k (2) and 7k (2), tied by Peking 20.3.02 cds (T&S type 6), with primitive white registration label and encircled “dotted R” hs, with Troitskosavsk and Potsdam bs, rare registered cover



SOLD for € 2,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20029   imagePEKING: 1903 Cover registered to Denmark with “KITAI” 1k, 2k (2), 3k, 5k, 7k paying the 10k rate plus reg’n fee, tied by Peking 25.1.03 cds (T&S type 6), with “Peking / Post Office Abroad” registered label in Cyrillic, tear at top clear of stamps, a very attractive cover to a scarce destination. Note: The type 6 cancel was a replacement for the type 4 cancel lost during the Boxer Rebellion.



SOLD for € 800.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20030   imagePEKING: 1903 Cover from the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Co. in Peking to England, franked on the reverse with “KITAI” 3k in block of ten paying triple to 10k rate, tied by Peking 12.05.03 cds (T&S type 6), London arrival, vert. central fold, a rare large multiple on cover.



SOLD for € 500.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20031   imagePEKING: 1903 Cover registered from the Russo-Chinese Bank (wax seal on reverse) to France, franked on the reverse with strips of four of the “KITAI” 3k and 7k tied by Peking 8.9.03 cds (T&S type 6), obverse with Peking emergency cancel (T&S type 5) modified for use as a registration cachet and an encircled “dotted R” hs, “Postal Wagon No.261” (Chinese Eastern Railway) and Moscow transits, unusual



SOLD for € 1,500.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20032   imagePEKING: 1904 Cover from a French railway engineer at Tsingtao working on the Shanhsien line, posted from the Russian P.O. at Peking to France, franked on the reverse with ten “KITAI” 1k tied by Peking 5.1.03 (error for 04) cds (T&S type 6), La Fleche bs, fine and unusual franking of the 10k foreign rate.



SOLD for € 460.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20033   imagePEKING: 1904 Cover registered to Paris with combination of “KITAI” 5k and 7k and ordinary Russian 1k (2) and 3k (2), all tied by Peking 8.10.04 cds (T&S type 6), with registered label and encircled “dotted R” adjacent, wax seal removed and some cover faults, a very unusual franking as ordinary Russian stamps weren’t sold by the P.O.s in China but were accepted when supplied by the customer.



SOLD for € 800.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20034   imagePEKING: 1906 Cover registered to the German Embassy in St. Petersburg, franked with Russian 20k in combination with “KITAI” 4k (2), paying triple the 7k rate plus reg’n fee, tied by Peking 14.7.06 cds (T&S type 7A), reg’d label in Cyrillic adjacent, St. Petersburg bs, minor soiling at top



SOLD for € 700.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20035   imagePEKING: 1906 Picture postcard to Germany with ordinary Russian 1k in block of four, tied by Peking 14.12.06 (although datelined “15 XII 1906”) cds (T&S type 7A), Jngolstatt arrival, unusual franking. Note: Ordinary Russian stamps were not sold in the Russian P.O.s in Peking but were accepted if supplied by the customer.



SOLD for € 460.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20036   imagePEKING: 1907 Postcard to Germany with China 1c vert. pair and 2c Dragons tied by native Peking cds, further franked with “KITAI” 3k (underpaid by 1k) tied by Peking 18.7.07 cds (T&S type 7B), Wiesbaden arrival, a fine philatelic souvenir from a member of the German “Boxer” occupying force. Note: China stamps were only valid for internal use



SOLD for € 460.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20037   imagePEKING: Cover registered to the USA, franked on the reverse with “KITAI” 4k (in vert. strip of five), 1k (in vert. strip of four) and 3k tied by Peking 4.9.08 cds (T&S type 7b), obverse with reg’d label in Cyrillic, Boston and Cambridge bs, a very fine and attractive multiple franking.



SOLD for € 500.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20038   imagePEKING: 1921 Native cover registered to Chuguchak (SINKIANG) with “KITAI” 25k and 10k paying four times the 7k internal letter rate plus reg’n fee, tied by Peking 24.1.12 cds (T&S type 7B), with reg’d label in Cyrillic and French adjacent, Omsk (Siberia) and Chuguchak cds, scarce registered cover. Note: Chinese text on back indicated that the letter originated from the Information Bureau at Peking and was sent to a local firm with a request that this “important family business” be redirected via the “Russian security (registered) post” to Ta-Cheng (Chuguchak) without delay, and the contents then to Minister in the Atlai Mountains region.



SOLD for € 1,500.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20039   imagePEKING: 1913 Romanov 20k postal stationery envelope registered to Germany, uprated with “KITAI” 2k and 4k (2) paying double the 10k foreign rate plus reg’n fee, all cancelled by Peking 16.12.13 cds (T&S type 7B), reg’d label in Cyrillic with ms in English (complying with UPU regulations) adjacent, Berlin bs, a rare use of the Romanov stationery as ordinary Russian stamps and stationery wasn’t sold in the Russian P.O.s in China.



SOLD for € 3,400.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM

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