RUSSIA » RUSSIA POST IN CHINA continued...
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20020 |
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TIENTSIN: 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
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SOLD for € 360.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20021 |
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TIENTSIN: 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
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SOLD for € 1,700.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20022 |
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PEKING: 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
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SOLD for € 50,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20023 |
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PEKING: 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
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SOLD for € 2,800.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20024 |
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PEKING 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
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SOLD for € 6,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20025 |
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PEKING: 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.
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SOLD for € 48,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20026 |
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PEKING: 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
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SOLD for € 2,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20027 |
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PEKING: 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
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SOLD for € 5,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20028 |
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PEKING: 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
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SOLD for € 2,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20029 |
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PEKING: 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.
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SOLD for € 800.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20030 |
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PEKING: 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.
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SOLD for € 500.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20031 |
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PEKING: 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
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SOLD for € 1,500.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20032 |
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PEKING: 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.
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SOLD for € 460.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20033 |
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PEKING: 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.
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SOLD for € 800.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20034 |
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PEKING: 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
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SOLD for € 700.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20035 |
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PEKING: 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.
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SOLD for € 460.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20036 |
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PEKING: 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
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SOLD for € 460.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20037 |
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PEKING: 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.
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SOLD for € 500.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20038 |
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PEKING: 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.
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SOLD for € 1,500.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |
20039 |
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PEKING: 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.
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SOLD for € 3,400.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM |