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Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening
10150   image1907/10 Postcards (2) to England, 1907 franked 1k + 3k, 1910 1k strip of 4, both cancelled oval HARBIN-262-MANCHULI, trains ‘b’ and ‘a’ respectively, messages indicate that both correspondents were travelling towards Harbin and that wrong cancellers had been applied, instead of MANCHULI-261-HARBIN, fine strikes



SOLD for € 190.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10151   image1908 Cover to London franked initially with China 2c dragon to pay postage from WAN-FU-CHUANG, Fengtien Province (Manchuria) to CHANGCHUN (Russian KWANGCHENTZE) where pair of 5k Russian stamps applied on reverse, cancelled in dark green POSTAL WAGON No 266 (KWANGCHENTZE-HARBIN) (7) 6 III 1908, tombstone chops also cancelling Chinese stamp and on reverse, fine and desirable combination Note: Cover shows temporary reversion to old style circular cancellers on line 265/266 following loss of southern half of line after Russo-Japanese War and pending introduction of new oval cancellers with revised inscription



SOLD for € 4,800.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10152   image1908 Viewcard to England depicting CER cutting through cliffs in the valley of River Yalu (incorrectly described on card as western branch of CER instead of eastern branch) franked 4k cancelled oval HARBIN-VLADIVOSTOK (Line 263 train ‘a’) 25 5 08, fine strike



SOLD for € 280.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10153   image1908-09 Viewcards (2) of the Trans-Siberian Railway sent by travellers crossing Siberia en route to Vladivostok and using the CER short-cut across Manchuria, 1908 card to London franked 4k tied MANCHULI – 261 – HARBIN Line (train ‘e’), other to Switzerland franked 1k + 3k posted on the HARBIN – 263 – VLADIVOSTOCK Line (train ‘g’) 21 12 08, fine strikes

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SOLD for € 340.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10154   image1908 Viewcard to Finland written from KIRIN 24 VII 08 (New Style) posted 4 days letter unfranked, cancelled in blue TAOLAICHAO/STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY 15 7 08 (Old Style =28 7 08 New Style), alongside oval DOPLATIT (To Pay)/TAOLAICHAO with manuscript 6 kop, in Finland taxed with manuscript ‘Losen 15p’ (15 penni to pay), fine and very rare as no other record of mail from this station recorded



SOLD for € 4,200.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10155   image1908 Picture postcard of Harbin to Switzerland with 4k Arms tied by “HARBIN WHARF / STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY” 31.7.08 cds, the EARLIEST RECORDED DATE for the Harbin Wharf Station P.O., Gimel arrival cds adjacent, fine, plus block of eight Romanov 7k tied piece by the same cancel.



SOLD for € 240.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10156   image1908 Viewcards (2) to London both franked 4k from traveller on CER heading eastwards for Japan, first datelined “Harbin 878/08” and message “…expect to be in Vladivostok tomorrow” incorrectly cancelled with oval VLADIVOSTOK-264_HARBIN ‘b’ instead of HARBIN-263-VLADIVOSTOCK ‘b’ , second card dated “Vladivostok 9/8/08” message “Just leaving here for Tsuruga, Japan”, postal clerk has continued to use incorrect canceller and also neglected to change the date, interesting pair Note: Postal wagons of the CER carried cancellers for both directions and use of the wrong one is not infrequent

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SOLD for € 220.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10157   image1908 Picture postcard of Harbin to England with 3k Arms tied by “POSTAL WAGON No.266 / 7” 10.8.08 cds (Kwangchentze-Harbin line, train 7) in green with further strike adjacent, very fine. Note: Under the Treaty of Portsmouth (Sept. 1905) the southern half of Line 266, which formerly ran to Port Arthur, was conceded to Japan. During the interim period before the introduction of new oval cancellers showing Kwangchentze as the new southern terminal, the old circular type cancels were brought back into use.



SOLD for € 700.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10158   image1908 Cover to France franked 2k strip of 4 + single cancelled on TPO by POSTAL WAGON No. 266 (KWANGCHENTZE-HARBIN) (6) 14 IX 1908 cds’s, Mesnil St Denis arrival backstamp, fine and rare Note: Cover shows reversion to old style circular cancellers on Line 2657266 following loss of its southern half to Japan late in 1905. this was a temporary measure pending issue of new oval cancellers showing the new southern terminus (Kwangchentze)



SOLD for € 1,400.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10159   image1909 Picture postcard of Irkutsk, written there and sent to France on the TPO, with 4k on picture side tied by blue-green “POSTAL WAGON No.265 / 7” 10.5.09 cds (Harbin-Kwangchentze) with further strike on reverse with Asnieres arrival, very fine. Note: This shows the temporary reversion to the old style circular cancels on Line 265/266 following the loss of the southern half of the Line to Japan and pending the introduction of the new oval cancels with revised inscriptions.



SOLD for € 1,000.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10160   image1909 Overweight folded viewcard written 23 5 09 from STATION SYAOSUIFEN on VLADIVOSTOK-HARBIN Line (263/264) to STATION UDOMLYA on Bologoe-Rybinsk Railway, no post office at Syaosuifen at that time, cancelled 2 days later on HARBIN-262-MANCHULI Line (train ‘a’), oval DOPLATIT(To Pay)/POSTAL WAGON 265 with manuscript ‘8’ inserted indicating misdirection on to Line 265 (HARBIN-KWAGCHENTZE), unusual



SOLD for € 300.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10161   image1909 Registered cover to France franked on the reverse with 1902-05 3k pair and 1909-12 7k pair paying the 20k rate, tied by “HARBIN WHARF / STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY a” 24.8.09 cds, obverse with further strike and reg’n label in French reading “HARBIN WHARF / MANCHURIA”, minor soiling, rare



SOLD for € 1,200.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10162   image1909 Picture postcard showing street scene in Manchurian town of Kayuan-Syan, sent to Switzerland with 1902-05 2k and 1909 3k tied by single “HARBIN – 263 – VLADIVOSTOK d” 28.8.09 oval ds, very fine and fresh



SOLD for € 110.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10163   image1909 Picture postcard of Harbin sent to Novyi Petergof, Baltic Railway, with 3k Arms tied by “HARBIN / RAILWAY STATION / a” 31.8.09 cds (T&S type 2B), very fine



CLOSED
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10164   image1909 Charity postcard to Labinskaya, Kuban, with 3k Arms tied by “KWANGCHENTZE-266-HARBIN / a” 8.12.09 oval TPO ds, showing defective second “6” causing “265” instead of “266” found only on “a” cancel, this being the earliest recorded date of the oval cancels introduced after line 265/266 shortened following cession of the southern half to Japan as the South Manchuria Railway (Kwangchentze-Port Arthur), fine



SOLD for € 850.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10165   image1909 Registered cover to Tambov sent by a soldier with the 1st Company 1st Trans-Amur Railway Battalion, franked with 7k Arms pair tied by UNRECORDED “STATION HAILAR / CHINESE-EASTERN RAILWAY” 20.12.09 cds, with further strike and reg’n label adjacent, arrival bs, vertical tear at left backed by sellotape, possibly unique example of this cds Note: The postmark differs from Hailar type 4B by having a larger overall diameter (31mm), smaller inner circle (18mm), larger lettering, more widely spaced bards, star with 6 rays, accent on “i” and hyphen between KIT. and VOST.



SOLD for € 1,000.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10166   image1910 Embossed souvenir card by the Japanese South Manchuria Railway Company, Dairen (Dalny), depicting the Shanghai mail liner S.S. “Kobe Maru”, sent to Germany with Russia 4k and Japan 4s both tied by single Harbin Central Railway station “a” 24.1.10 cds (T&S type 2B), very fine mixed franking. Note: The South Manchuria Railway comprised the southern part of the Chinese Eastern Railway Line 265/266 extending from Kwangchentze (Changchun) to Port Arthur, ceded to the Japanese under the terms of the Treaty of Portsmouth that ended the Russo-Japanese War in September 1905



SOLD for € 280.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10167   image1910 Real picture postcard of Station Pogranichnaya sent to England with 1k and 3k Arms tied by “HARBIN – 263 – VLADIVOSTOK zh” 7.2.10 oval ds, sent by someone travelling to Vladivostok, fine Note: The “Genl. Hobart” the message referred to as a fellow passenger was evidently General Hovarth, Managing Director of the C.E.R. from 1903-19 who always travelled in a private coach at the rear of the train



SOLD for € 260.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10168   image1910 Peking viewcard to USA written by traveller ‘nearing Harbin’ 27 4 10 (N.S.) and cancelled on C.E.R. T.P.O. KWANGCHENTZE-266-HARBIN ‘a’ 14 4 10 (O.S.), franked 2 Chinese 2c stamps, unaccepted for postage and oval tax mark applied: DOPLATIT (To Pay)/266/POSTAL WAGON/266, taxed 4c on arrival, pair of USA 2c postage dues applied and cancelled (moved from original position over T.P.O. cancel), defective figure ‘6’ in T.P.O.canceller results in supposed “error” ‘265’, rare due marking



SOLD for € 1,500.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10169   image1910 Envelope to Bern, Switzerland franked on the reverse with five 2k Arms tied by “VLADIVOSTOK – 264 – HARBIN Zh” 16.4.10 oval ds with further strike on obverse, opened out for display, fine, plus piece with three 10k Romanovs tied on the same train 28 11 14



SOLD for € 320.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10170   image1910 Large registered cover to St Petersburg franked 63k (8 lots at 7k per lot + 7k registration) made up of 1909-12 50k + 10k +3k cancelled HARBIN RAILWAY STATION (Type 3A) 24 5 10, arrived St Petersburg 3 6 10, although endorsed “by Express (train)” the transit time of 10 days indicates no special treatment



SOLD for € 340.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10171   image1910/11 Two viewcards to Yokohama and London respectively franked 4k and 1k + 3k tied by MANCHULI RAILWAY STATION oval datestamps with ‘filler’, this cancel differs from Type 2 in having a “soft sign” after ‘N’ and “filler” between inner oval and bars enclosing date, first recorded BJRP No. 32 (1963), p.11, fig. 106



SOLD for € 340.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10172   image1910 Chinese red band cover to Germany franked Arms issue 2k + 3k + 15k, 3k pen cancelled, other values cancelled HAILAR Type 3 translating: HAILAR/STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY 18 6 10, another strike applied alongside the following day, Hailar registration label in Cyrillic with Latin ‘R’ inserted by hand, fine Note: Registered foreign-bound mail required a label in Latin characters, evidently not available at Hailar at that time



SOLD for € 1,600.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10173   image1910 Receipt for 2 telegrams sent August 5th with violet double-circle cachet reading CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY/TELEGRAPH HARBIN CENTRAL, also telegram from Aleksandrovsk (Ekaterinoslav) to Harbin 4 3 15 showing red/white sealing slip reading TELEGRAPH/OF CHINESE EASTERN/RAILWAY



SOLD for € 500.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10174   image1910 Cover to Germany from firm in NEWCHWANG (Manchuria) posted on C.E.R. Line 262 (HARBIN-MANCHULI), train ‘a’ 15 9 10, cancelling 3k + 7k Arms issue, fine



SOLD for € 240.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10175   image1910 Picture postcard to Troitskosavsk, near the Siberian border with Mongolia, with 3k Arms tied by “HARBIN WHARF / STATION OF THE CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY a” 2.11.10 cds, Troitskosavsk arrival adjacent, very fine



SOLD for € 260.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10176   image1910 Registered cover to Imperial Chinese Customs at Manchurian / Russian border post of Pogranichnaya, with 1902-05 1k (2), 5k and 1909-12 14k Arms making the 20k rate, all tied by Harbin railway station 19.12.10 oval ds (Type 3A), with “HARBIN / RAILWAY POSTAL BRANCH” reg’n label, and Russian Pogranichnaya bs (Casey type I), fine



SOLD for € 420.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10177   image1911 Postcard sent unfranked to Station Mikhailovskaya, Orenburg Guberniya, with “HARBIN – 262 – MANCHZHURIYA” 23.3.11 TPO oval ds and “DOPLATIT / 262 / POSTAL WAGON / 262” oval tax hs with ms “6” for twice the correct rate of 3R, fine



SOLD for € 650.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10178   image1911 Japanese postcard with dateline “Harbin, China. 15 11 911,” sent to St. Petersburg with China 1/2c Dragon, “MANCHZHURIYA – 261 – HARBIN” TPO oval ds adjacent, Chinese stamp was invalid and hence struck by “DOPLATIT / 261 / POSTAL WAGON / 261” oval tax hs with ms “6”, arrival cds tying stamp, fine



SOLD for € 700.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10179   image1911 Picture postcard depicting famous Russian writers and poets, sent to the Head Telegraphist at Harbin Railway Station with 3k Arms tied by “STATION MAOERSHAN / CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY / a” 10.4.11 cds, some soiling, the UNIQUE USAGE OF THIS CANCEL ON COVER, plus very fine block of six 1k Arms with the same cancel dated 1 5 17 Note: Mao-Ershang is a station on Line 263/264 (Harbin-Vladivostok) east of Harbin. Hitherto its cancellations have only been recorded on loose stamps. Illustrated in “Rossica Journal” nos. 104/105 (1984), p.12



SOLD for € 4,800.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10180   image1911 Cover from a French missionary in KWANGCHENTZE (Manchuria), writing to his superior in France franked 10k tied by double oval with ‘filler’ KUAN’CHENZY-266-HARBIN ‘v’ 24 5 11, Marseille arrival 15 days later, fine



SOLD for € 500.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10181   image1911 3k Stationery card uprated 1k to pay 4k foreign rate to Germany posted on VLADIVOSTOK-264-HARBIN TPO (train ‘e’) 28 5 11, also 1914 3k + 7k War charity issue on fragment cancelled on the same line (train ‘v’), 1915 3k War Charity (train ‘g’) 27 2 16 + Romanov 1k used on train ‘zh’ 26 2 13, fine strikes



SOLD for € 150.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10182   image1911 Cover to Germany “via Siberia” with two pairs of 10k paying quadruple rate, tied by “KUANCHENZY – 266 – HARBIN / b” 21.6.11 oval TPO ds with further crisp strike below, ms notation on reverse indicates that the letter was sent from Harbin on 2.6.11 and arrived at Rostock 18.6.11 (New Style dates), some foxing

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SOLD for € 500.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10183   image1911 Stampless viewcard to Smolensk cancelled HARBIN-262-MANCHZHURIYA T.P.O. (train ‘a’) 6 10 11 oval datestamp, oval DOPLATIT (To Pay)/262/POSTAL WAGON/262 oval datestamp in red alongside, fine strikes Note: in 1911 Circular No. 43 of the Post-telegraph Administration (issued August 18th) stipulated that “doplatit” marks were to be struck in red to facilitate the sorting of underpaid mail. This rule was later relaxed.



SOLD for € 400.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10184   image1912 3k Postal stationery card from Station Tsitsikar (C.E.R. Line 261/262) to Portugal, uprated with 1k Arms and both cancelled by “MANCHULI – 261 – HARBIN d” 16.3.21 (error for 12) oval ds, Portuguese arrival, very fine. Note: Not only was the year date incorrect, but the eastbound cancel (261) was wrongly used instead of the westbound (262) cancel



SOLD for € 240.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10185   image1912 3k Stationery card uprated 1k to make 4k overseas rate posted on Line 266 (KWANGCHENTZI-HARBIN, train ‘v’) to Kandy, Ceylon 2 6 12 via Kobe Japan, included is a block of 4 1k with the same cancellation dated 5 6 15, fine and highly unusual destination Note: Card illustrated British Journal of Russian Philately no. 32, 1963, p.16



SOLD for € 340.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10186   image1912 3k Stationery card to Yuriev (Lifland Guberniya) cancelled on TPO HARBIN-262-MANCHZHURIYA (MANCHULI) ‘z’ 9 6 12, arrival 18 6 12



SOLD for € 180.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10187   image1912 Viewcard of Station Hailar on Line 261/262 of the CER franked 3k (underfranked by 1k) tied by HARBIN-262-MANCHULI ‘b’ 26 7 12 double oval with ‘filler’, addressed to Switzerland with St Gallen arrival, redirected



SOLD for € 130.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10188   image1912 Viewcard showing railway tracks at Harbin Central Station to England franked 1k and 3k tied by oval HARBIN-265-KWANGCHENTZE ‘b’ 28 9 12 datestamp, in addition small fragment with 1k (2) + 4k pair with similar cancel, fine



SOLD for € 280.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10189   image1912 Picture postcard of Bukhedu railway station (Line 261/262, about 245 miles east of Manchuli), with 3k Arms tied by “HARBIN – 262 – MANCHULI / zh” 9.10.12 TPO oval ds, fine, plus piece with block of twenty 1k Arms tied by “STATION BUKHEDU / CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY” cds (type 2), fine



SOLD for € 340.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10190   image1912 Postcard to STATION TAOLAICHAO on line 265/266 south of Harbin franked 3k cancelled on TPO HARBIN-265-KWANGCHENTZE ‘v’ 11 10 12, fair strike only, in addition fragment with ten 1k cancelled on same line in opposite direction KWANGCHENTZE-266-HARBIN ‘v’ 26 6 16



SOLD for € 340.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10191   image1912 Cover to Berlin franked 3k and 7k cancelled oval HARBIN-262-MANCHZHURIYA ‘b’ 2 11 12 with ‘filler’ (a pattern of dots in the spaces between the bars and the inner oval – introduced on Lines 261/262 and 265/266 in 1909), both stamps additionally cancelled with a cross in red crayon, small cover faults



SOLD for € 100.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10192   image1912 Christmas card from Vladivostok to ST.SHWANCHENPU, a small station south of Harbin on Line 265/266 postmarked on arrival STATION SHWANCHENPU/CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY ‘a’ 27 12 12, 3 strikes (1 good), also 50k stamp (SG 104) with same cancel dated 2 3 11



SOLD for € 5,000.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10193   image1913 Registered cover from FULYA-ERDI to Berlin franked on reverse 1k (6) + 7k pair to make up 20k registration, tied by STATION FULYA-ERDI/CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY 10 1 13, matching reg’n labels in Cyrillic and French on obverse, light vertical fold clear of adhesives, this is the earlier of 2 known covers from this office and a year earlier than the earliest date recorded in “Russia Used abroad” Part 5 (1959), fine and very rare



SOLD for € 4,000.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10194   image1913 Romanov 3k postal stationery card sent by a German serving with the Trans-Amur Railway Guards at Station Pogranichnaya to a compatriot in the 1st Siberian Artillery Brigade at the village of Knevichi near Station Ugol’naya, cancelled by “VLADIVOSTOK – 264 – HARBIN b” 14.1.12 (error for 13) oval ds, with blue “STATION UGOL’NAYA a / USSURI BRANCH OF THE CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY” arrival cds, very fine. Note: Not only did the postal clerk forget to change the year slug from 12 to 13, he also used the wrong canceller as it should have been Harbin – 263 – Valdivostok.



SOLD for € 1,400.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10195   image1913 Cover to Paris franked Romanov 10k cancelled HARBIN CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION Type 3A 27 1 13 oval datestamp, endorsed “via Siberia and Russia/France” in manuscript alongside, fine



SOLD for € 110.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10196   image1913 3k Romanov stationery card written from STATION HANDAOKHETZE (Line 263/264) to STATION IMYANGPO on the same line, cancelled oval HARBIN-263-VLADIVOSTOK ‘z’ 21 2 13, delivered the same day, fine Note: Date of delivery shows that train was travelling towards Harbin and that wrong canceller had been applied by postal clerk



SOLD for € 1,600.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10197   image1913 Registered cover to Vienna franked Romanov 3k pair and 14k to make up the 20k reg’n rate tied by TSITSIKAR Type 3 cds’s translating: TSITSIKAR/STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY ‘a’ 11 4 13 with matching reg’n label alongside, signed Mikulski, very fine and rare Note: This station was situated on Line 261/262 of the C.E.R., about 20 miles south of Tsitsikar itself and on the site of the present town of ANGANGKI, North Manchuria



SOLD for € 4,000.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10198   image1913 Viewcard of STATION TSITSIKAR on CER (Line 261/262) about 400 miles east of Manchuli, posted on HARBIN-262-MANCHULI T.P.O. (train ‘b’) 23 6 13 to Simbirsk, fine Note: The settlement which grew up around the railway station was situated about 20 miles north of Tsitsikar itself and is now the town of Anganki



SOLD for € 110.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM
10199   image1913 Back of linen envelope posted at Vladivostok and franked with 24 Romanov 3k cancelled on T.P.O. route 263 (HARBIN-VLADIVOSTOK) Train ‘Z’ 15 7 13, generally good strikes, scarce and spectacular



SOLD for € 800.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM

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