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Russian Post Offices in the Chinese Empire continued...

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Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening
20040   imagePEKING: 1914 Cover sent insured for 5R to Germany, franked on the reverse with Russia “KITAI” 25k and 3k tied by Peking 27.4.14 cds (T&S type 7B), obverse with insured label in Cyrillic and private wax seals, received at the Japanese P.O. at Changchun (Manchurai), Oberursel and Frankfurt, rare insured money letter from Peking



SOLD for € 850.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20041   imagePEKING: 1916 Cover registered from the Italian Embassy to Italy with “KITAI” 2k in two blocks of four and a pair paying the 10k foreign rate plus reg’n fee, tied by Peking 15.6.16 cds (T&S type 7B), with reg’d label in French and Russian adjacent, opened and resealed by censor at Petrograd, Milan bs, a scarce multiple franking.



SOLD for € 650.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20042   imagePEKING: 1918 “KITAI” 4k postcard from a German national interned at Haiten, Peking to Germany, cancelled by native Peking cds and violet toothed oval “Internment Camp Haitien” cachet in German and Chinese, plus violet boxed “Correspondence des prisonniers de Guerre” cachet in French and Chinese, Seattle (USA) transit Possibly unique used of Russian stationary by German and Austrian national interned by order of Chinese Government Note: In March 1917 the Chinese Government issued instructions for the internment of German and Austrian nationals.



SOLD for € 2,600.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20043   imagePEKING: 1918 Cover sent insured for 25 roubles to Petrograd, franked on the reverse with Russia Chinese surcharged 3c on 3k and 25c on 25k tied by Peking 22.5.18 cds (T&S type 7B), obverse with insured label, received at the Japanese P.O. at Changchun the next day but returned as undeliverable (due to the civil war conditions in Siberia) to the Japanese and then Russian P.O. at Peking, very interesting cover



SOLD for € 2,400.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20044   imageKALGAN: 1886 Cover to Odessa with Arms 7k tied by double oval Kalgan 10.9.86 ds (T&S type 2, Casey subtype 3A), paying the single rate, with Kyakhta and Odessa bs, some peripheral tears at top. One of the two recorded cover with this cancellation & an important rarity from Kalgan



SOLD for € 44,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20045   imageKALGAN: 1905 Fragment with Arms 3k and 4k tied by single circle Kalgan 7.3.05 cds (not recorded by T&S, Casey type 4), very rare



SOLD for € 380.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20046   imageKALGAN: 1907 Decorative Red Cross charity card to England with ordinary Russian 1k (2) and 2k paying the postcard rate, tied by Kalgan 5.11.07 cds (T&S type 3, Casey type 5), mail with this cancellation is very scarce. Note: Kalgan was the only Russian P.O. in China that did not receive the “KITAI” stamps. Illustrated BJRP 94/95, p.14



SOLD for € 1,100.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20047   imageKALGAN: 1916 Cover registered to the USA with War Charity 7k and 10k and Romanov 3k, tied by Kalgan 22.7.16 cds (T&S type 5, Casey type 6), opened and resealed by censor at Irkutsk with red circular cachet, reg’d label in English, New York and Jersey City bs, minor soiling, a scarce franking. Note: Illustrated BJRP 94/95, p.18



SOLD for € 3,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20048   imageKALGAN: 1918 Cover sent registered to the USA with War Charity 3k and Russia Chinese surcharged 1c on 1k, 2c on 2k, 3c on 3k, 4c on 4k and 10c on 10k, all tied by Kalgan 31.5.18 cds (T&S type 5, Casey type 6), with reg’d label in English adjacent, Japan transit, twice opened and resealed by censors, Jersey City arrival, a very rare franking. Note: An exception of the Russian P.O.s in China, Kalgan was placed on the same footing as Mongolia and stocked with ordinary Russian stamps until 1917, when it fell into line with the other offices in China proper and was supplied with stamps surcharged in Chinese currency.

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SOLD for € 3,800.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20049   imageSHANGHAI: 1897 Cover to Germany with Arms 3k (2) and 4k tied by double ring Shanghai 7.11.97 (Julian calendar) cds in violet (T&S type 1), with French paquebot ds adjacent, attractive franking and superb cancellations



SOLD for € 850.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20050   imageSHANGHAI: 1898 Cover registered to Revel with Arms 7k and 14k tied by single circle Shanghai provisional cancel in violet, with further strike on reverse with ms date 29.1.96 (the year plug was unchangeable, not recorded by T&S), boxed registration hs adjacent, sent overland (and not by SS Laos as annotated) with St. Petersburg and arrival bs, vertical fold clear of stamps. One of only two known examples of this cancel used “posthumously” in 1898, the registered cachet being unique Note: The Shanghai Office was opened in 1896 and for a short time used this locally improvised canceller. See the British Journal of Russian Philately no.71 (1991) p.12-15 for more information.



SOLD for € 11,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20051   imageSHANGHAI: 1899 Cover registered to Germany incl. registration receipt, cover franked with 50k, both cancelled by Shanghai 14.1.99 cds (T&S type 1), with receipt indicating that 4 lots were sent at the 10k foreign letter rate plus 10k for registration, cover with Shanghai, Hong Kong, Baden-Baden and Lichtenthal bs, boxed registered hs on obverse, some minor soiling, very rare and unusual with the receipt Note: The registration receipt shows that administration of Russian P.O.s in China at this time was from the adjoining Siberian region of Transbaikal.



SOLD for € 1,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20052   imageSHANGHAI: 1900 Cover sent registered to France with “KITAI” 1k (4), 2k (3), 3k, 5k (2), 7k and 10k, all tied by Shanghai 4.IIII.1900 (T&S type 1), paying triple 10k rate plus registration, with rare registration label in English adjacent reading “I(mperial). R(ussian). P(ost). O(ffice). / Shanghai, China,” with French paquebot ds struck on SS Tonkin, Marseille and Chauny bs, a highly attractive franking and rare registered cover



SOLD for € 3,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20053   imageSHANGHAI: 1900 Cover sent from Kiukiang with Chinese 30c tied by bilingual Kiukiang cds, endorsed “Through Russian Post Office, Shanghai,” with Chinese P.O. Shanghai bs and passed the same day to the Russian P.O. and franked with “KITAI” 5k in block of six and pair, faintly cancelled (T&S type 2) with clear strike on reverse, “I.R.P.O. / Shanghai, China” registration label in English, sent through the Russian border office at Granitsa onto Munich, a rare and attractive mixed country franking



SOLD for € 5,000.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20054   imageSHANGHAI: 1901 Cover addressed in Farsi and English registered to Bukhara (in modern day Uzbekistan), with Arms 10k and “KITAI” 5k tied by Shanghai 15.01.01 cds (T&S type 2), reverse with “I.R.P.O. / Shanghai, China” registered label, Granitsa cds and Transcaspian Railway TPO Postal Wagon No.205 (Charjuy-Tashkent), a scarce route, mixed franking



SOLD for € 1,200.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20055   imageSHANGHAI: 1902 Cover registered from Tangshan to Belgium, franked on both sides with China Dragons, sent via the Russian P.O. at PORT ARTHUR (T&S type 2D) and the Chinese P.O.s at Newchwang and Shanghai, where it was passed to the Russian P.O. and re-registered and re-franked with Russia “KITAI” 7k (4) tied by Shanghai 15.9.02 cds (T&S type 1), with violet boxed registration hs and reg’d label, Brussels arrival, opened for display, an intriguing and rare two country combination



SOLD for € 3,800.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20056   imageSHANGHAI: 1903 Picture postcard (of Shanhaikwan Fort) to Austria, franked four China 1c Dragons tied by bilingual Shangai cds (with year plug error) and four Russia “KITAI” 1k tied by Shanghai 21.9.03 cds (T&S type 1, Gregorian calendar), with “CER Postal Wagon No.262 (Harbin-Manchuli (3))” transit and Vienna arrival, attractive mixed country franking



SOLD for € 1,100.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20057   imageSHANGHAI: 1905 “Imperial Russian Post Office, Shanghai” printed envelope sent registered to Germany, with vertical pair of “KITAI” 20k tied by Shanghai 28.9.05 cds (T&S type 1, Gregorian calendar), with registered label in Cyrillic and boxed reg’d hs in English, reverse with Yokohama-Marseille line and Leipzig cds



SOLD for € 360.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20058   imageSHANGHAI: 1906 Cover registered from Tangku to Switzerland endorsed “via Russian Post Office” with China Imperial Post 20c tied by Tangku bilingual cds, sent to Shanghai where it was passed to the Russian P.O. and franked with “KITAI” 20k pair tied by Shanghai 11.02.06 cds (T&S type 3), with Tangku and Shanghai boxed reg’n hs adjacent, reg’d label in Cyrillic on reverse, Hong Kong registered bs, attractive mixed country franking



SOLD for € 1,900.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM
20059   imageSHANGHAI: 1907 “KITAI” 7k postal stationery envelope registered to Germany, uprated with “KITAI” 2k, 4k and 7k tied by Shanghai 10.5.07 cds (T&S type 5B), with only registered label in Cyrillic adjacent (contrary to UPU regulations), minor toning around two adhesives, Crefeld bs, fine.



SOLD for € 600.00
Closing..Apr-30, 12:00 PM

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