RUSSIA » RUSSIA POST IN CHINA – CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY continued...
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Opening |
| 10200 |
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 1913 Back of linen envelope posted to Vladivostok and franked Romanov 3k (26) cancelled HARBIN WHARF / STATION OF THE CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY 3 8 13, earliest date for this office as recorded in Tchilingarian and Stephen
“Russia Used Abroad” Pt.5, p.436, spectacular franking, ex Casey
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SOLD for € 550.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10201 |
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 1913 Registered cover from HARBIN (Manchuria) to CHITA (Siberia) franked Romanov 7k + 14k tied HARBIN WHARF / STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY, matching reg’n label alongside, very fine and scarce
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SOLD for € 1,300.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10202 |
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 1913 Cover to England with Romanov 10k (pulled lower left corner perf.) tied by “MANCHULI RAILWAY STATION” 20.11.13 oval ds with further strike adjacent, London bs, fine, plus piece with pair of 1914 War Charity 1k tied by the
same cancel and picture postcard of Manchuli Railway Station
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SOLD for € 300.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10203 |
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 1913 7k Romanov stationery envelope to NIKOLSK-USSURIISKII cancelled on CER TPO HARBIN-263-VLADIVOSTOK ‘z’ 12 12 13, arrival cancel the following day, also pair of 7k Romanovs with similar cancel but train ‘g’, fine strikes
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SOLD for € 300.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10204 |
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 1913 Registered cover to Moscow with Romanov 25k (two pulled corner perfs) tied by “HARBIN WHARF / STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY” 21.12.13 double-circle ds, Russian “Z” reg’n label with same abbreviated inscription as on
cancel, Moscow bs, fine
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SOLD for € 650.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10205 |
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 1913 Large portion of the reverse of an envelope with a spectacular franking of Romanov 1k strip of four and 2k in blocks of 30 and 20, all tied by “HARBIN WHARF / STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY” 24.12.13 cds, Vladivostok
arrival, minor faults not detracting
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SOLD for € 220.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10206 |
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 1914 Local picture postcard sent from Kirsanov to 8th Company 2nd Transamur Railway Regiment at Station Yaomyng (on Line 265/266, south of Harbin), with 1k and 2k Arms tied by Kirsanov cds with “YAOMYNG / STATION OF CHINESE
EASTERN RAILWAY” 8.1.14 arrival cds (T&S type 2), this being the EARLIEST KNOWN USAGE of the type 2 ds, indicating overlapping usage with the type 1. Note: Under the terms of the Peace Treaty following the Russo-Japanese War, Russia was permitted to
maintain a military force in Manchuria (“Trans-Amur region”) in order to protect the Chinese Eastern Railway.
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SOLD for € 800.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10207 |
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 1914 Registered cover to Germany with 10k Arms pair tied by “STATION FULYAERDI / CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY” 9.1.14 cds, with Russian and Western language reg’n labels as required by UPU regulations, Berlin bs, fine and very rare
TPO cancel Note: Fulya-Erdi was a small station on Line 261/262, about 250km North-West of Harbin, formerly believed to have handled only ordinary mail.
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SOLD for € 4,000.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10208 |
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 1914 Viewcard addressed to STATION HAILING (CER) dateline 10/III 1914, posted same day on KHABAROVSK-153-VLADIVOSTOK TPO (train ‘zh’ ) cancelling 3k, HAILIN’/STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY 12 3 14 receipt cds alongside,
this represents the earliest recorded date of this cancel from the very small office on Line 263/264, 313 versts east of Harbin, previous recorded usage in 1919 (BJRP No. 33, 1963, p.14. fig. 133)., card with overall staining affecting adhesive, a
rarity
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SOLD for € 800.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10209 |
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 1914 Advice of Receipt form from Harbin to Hailar franked with 7k Arms tied by Harbin cds, with “STATION HAILAR / CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY / b” 24.3.14 cds (type 4), and received back in Harbin the next day, very fine and
unusual, also a Romanov 10k with the same cds and a picture postcard of Station Hailar.
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SOLD for € 600.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10210 |
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 1914 Registered cover to Germany from a Russian Colonel at “Chas-das-Chetsy, Mandschruie, China”, a station on Line 263/264, franked on the reverse with 20k Arms tied by “HANDAOCHETZE, STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY”
1.5.14 cds (T&S type 3), Chandindaocheczy reg’n label on obverse, very fine
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SOLD for € 3,800.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10211 |
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 1914 Picture postcard of Irkutsk, Siberia, written on a train by a traveller entering Manchuria from Siberia and sent to England while at Harbin 14 May 1914, proceeding south on Line 265 (Harbin-Kwangchentze) with 1k and 3k
cancelled on the reverse journey (Line 266) by “KUAN’CHENZY – 265 – HARBIN a” 2.5.14 oval ds (defective second 6 looking like a 5), fine Note: The “error” 265 for 266 is found consistently on canceller “a” of this line
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SOLD for € 270.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10212 |
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 1914 Cover to Hankow (China) franked 3k vertical pair tied HARBIN-262-MANCHULI Postal Wagon (Train ‘a’) 13 5 14 oval ds.s, underpaid by 1k, oval postage due mark applied in red DOPLATIT (To Pay) POSTAL WAGON 262, with
manuscript ‘2k’, Russian P.O. in Hankow arrival backstamp, very fine and scarce
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SOLD for € 960.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10213 |
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 1914 Registered 3k stationery card uprated 1k and 10k to make registered rate to Luxemburg cancelled on Line 262-264 east of Harbin HANDAOKHETZE / STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY 8 6 14, ‘R’ reg’n label in Latin alongside
reads CHANIDAOCHECZY, sender’s personal “International League” red cachet in German alongside and Cap arrival mark, very fine rarity
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SOLD for € 8,500.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10214 |
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 1914 Registered cover to London with bi-lingual company imprint at top franked Arms 3k pair + 7k pair tied oval MANCHULI RAILWAY STATION ‘a’ 17 6 14, arrival on reverse, ‘Z’ registration label reading MANCHULI/RAILWAY POSTAL
BRANCH, ZAKAZNOE (registered) in red handstamp alongside partly overlapped by London reg’n label, on reverse 2-line red handstamp: VYNUTO IZ’ YASCHIKA (Taken out of the (mail) box), fine Note: From 1872 fully franked registered letters could be
dropped into a mail-box instead of being taken to a post office. No previous record of such occurrence at Manchuli station.
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SOLD for € 400.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10215 |
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 1914 Cover to England, redirected to London, franked Romanov ten 1k cancelled at HARBIN CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION by Subtype 2B canceller: HARBIN RAILWAY STATION ‘a’ 4 7 14, Westgate on sea arrival cds alongside,
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SOLD for € 460.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10216 |
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 1915 Registered cover to Riga franked 1k Arms issue +25k Romanov tied TSITSIKAR/STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY ‘a’ 13 1 15, matching registration label on the front, opened and resealed in transit by Military Censor in
Irkutsk, using violet circular cachet, Riga arrival backstamp, fine and scarce
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SOLD for € 2,400.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10217 |
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 1915 3k Stationery card addressed to London uprated Romanov 2k tied by VLADIVOSTOK-264-HARBIN ‘e’ oval datestamp, oval cachet in violet of Petrograd Military Censor, message comments on wartime situation and capture of German
ship “Emden”, fine
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SOLD for € 420.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10218 |
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 1915 Registered cover to Sweden franked on the reverse with Romanov 10k pair tied by “HARBIN – 262 – MANCHULI a” 24.1.15 oval ds, opened by military censor at Irkutsk, obverse with red reg’n cachet with postal wagon no. and
reg’n no. in ms, this being the ONLY EXAMPLE RECORDED of this C.E.R. reg’d cachet, very fine and unique registered cover. Note: Mail was very rarely registered on postal wagons and cachets for this purpose were not introduced until March 1914. This
is the only example recorded for the C.E.R.
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SOLD for € 12,000.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10219 |
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 1915 Picture postcard from Manchuli Railway Station to St. Ashike with Romanov 1k and 2k tied by Manchuli oval ds with “ASHIKHE / 21.3.15 / STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY” cds below, card slightly soiled, plus unused
picture postcard of Machuli station. Note: Station Ashikhe was on Line 263/264, east of Harbin
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SOLD for € 1,100.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10220 |
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 1915 Harbin picture postcard showing street scene to Petrograd with pair of China 1c “Junk” issue, with “HARBIN – 263 – VLADIVOSTOK / zh” 5.6.15 oval TPO ds just tying stamps, which were not accepted for postage and further
struck with red “DOPLATIT / POSTAL WAGON / 263” postage due hs with ms “6” for twice the correct rate of 3R, green Petrograd arrival, fine and rare postage due item
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SOLD for € 650.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10221 |
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 1915 Cover from a Chinese person in Vladivostok to a Chinese merchant at Station Tsitsikar, west of Harbin on Line 261/262, franked on the reverse with Arms 3k pair and Romanov 2k pair tied by “VLADIVOSTOK – 264 – HARBIN z”
13.6.15 oval ds, St. Tsitsikar arrival adjacent, encircled “D.Ts.” censor cachet applied at Pogranichnaya on obverse, attractive
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SOLD for € 1,100.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10222 |
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 1915 Registered cover to ZEMETCHINO (Tambov) franked on reverse 10k pair tied by CHALANTUNG 25 6 15 cds’s, on obverse registration label CHZHALANTUN/STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY, envelope with small faults clear of
adhesives, rare Note: Chalantung was an important centre in northern Manchuria handling all types of mail on Line 261/262, about mid-way between Harbin and Manchuli
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SOLD for € 2,400.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10223 |
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 1915 Cover between Chinese firms in Vladivostok and Tsitsikar, addressed in Russian on front and Chinese on reverse, franked 2k Arms issue strip of 3 + pair cancelled on TPO VLADIVOSTOK-264-HARBIN ‘z’ 26 6 15, received
Tsitsikar on Line 261/262 3 days later, encircled D.Ts. (Passed by Censor) applied by Military Censor at border post of POGRANICHNAYA (Speeckaert Type 1), cover with some peripheral water staining, more evident on the front
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SOLD for € 440.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10224 |
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 1915 Cover from Russia-Asiatic Bank at Hailar (Manchuria) posted on CER Line 261 (Manchuli-Harbin) to London, transferred to the Trans-Siberian system and unloaded at Irkutsk where violet circular cachet of the Military Censor
applied, fine Note: Hailar is a station of the CER situated between Harbin and Manchuli and westbound mail should have borne HARBIN-MANCHULI (Line 262) cancel
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SOLD for € 260.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10225 |
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 1915 Chinese envelope addressed in Russian on front and in Chinese on back to Chinese trader at HARBIN WHARF, franked on reverse 2k Arms issue strip of 3 + pair, cancelled by oval VLADIVOSTOK-264-HARBIN ‘g’ 3 8 15 datestamp,
framed D.TS. (Passed by Censor) applied in violet on front by Military Censor at Vladivostok (Speeckaert Type 2), Harbin arrival 5 8 15, slightly washed out appearance
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SOLD for € 320.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10226 |
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 1915 Picture postcard from Pskov Railway Station to “Manchuria Station Handaokhetze, Chinese Eastern Railway, Russian Settlement”, with “2nd Company 3rd Trans-Amur Railway Battalion” free-frank circular cachet and “MILITARY
CENSOR / MANCHULI.” cachet, St. Handaokhetze arrival, fine, plus picture postcard of the high street at Station Handaokhetze Note: Cards pre-stamped with a soldier’s unit cachet allowed them to send their mail post-free when on leave.
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SOLD for € 600.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10227 |
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 1915 Registered cover to Switzerland with 10k Arms pair tied by “STATION BUKHEDU / CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY / b” 27.9.15 cds (T&S type 2), Latin-language registered label reads simply “BUCHEDU”, opened and resealed with
“MILITARY CENSOR / 5 / ATTACHED TO IRKUTSK POST OFFICE” cachet in Siberia, rare Note: Bukhedu was a station on Line 261/262 of the Chinese Eastern Railway east of Manchuli
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SOLD for € 2,800.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10228 |
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 1915 Printed illustrated envelope showing river scene to Switzerland, with 10k vertical pair tied by “HARBIN – 262 – MANCHULI / b” 13.10.15 oval TPO ds, with circular “MILITARY CENSOR ATTACHED TO IRKUTSK POST OFFICE” red
cachet, Berne bs, fine and very attractive
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SOLD for € 240.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10229 |
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 1915 Registered cover to Denmark with vertical pair of Romanov 10k on 7k provisionals tied on reverse by “HARBIN WHARF / STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY” 5.12.15 cds, with Cyrillic and Latin-language registration labels on
obverse, opened and resealed by Military censor in Petrograd, received in Copenhagen more than one year after posting owing to the war, fine
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SOLD for € 900.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10230 |
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 1915 Registered cover to Paris franked 10k vertical pair on reverse tied by STATION HANDAOKHETZE / CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY 31 12 15 cds’s, a station on line 263/264, obverse with reg’n labels in Cyrillic and Latin as required
by postal regulations for foreign destinations, opened and resealed in transit by Military Censor in Petrograd, fine and rare
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SOLD for € 4,000.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10231 |
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 1916 Picture postcard of Petrograd endorsed “From the Active Army” and sent by soldier during WW1 to “Manchuria, St. Handaokhetze, Chinese Eastern Railway”, with violet “2nd COMPANY 3rd TRANSAMUR RAILWAY BATTALION” free-frank
cachet, sent via Manchuli with type 2 17.2.16 cds and boxed “D.TS.” censor cachet, “STATION HANDAOKHETZE” 20.2.16 arrival cds (type 3), very fine. Note: The Peace Treaty that concluded the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 permitted both sides to
maintain armed forces in Manchuria to protect their railways.
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SOLD for € 700.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10232 |
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 1916 3k Postal stationery card to Denmark, uprated with 1k Arms to pay the 4k rate, written from Vladivostok and cancelled “VLADIVOSTOK – 264 – HARBIN zh” 2.7.16 oval ds, boxed “D.TS. / PROGRANICHNAYA / No.3” military censor
cachet, fine, plus block of six 3c on 3k cancelled on the same line with “z” oval ds (which were used when the civil war in Russia interrupted normal stamp supply), minor faults
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SOLD for € 420.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10233 |
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 1916 Registered cover to USA franked on reverse 10k vertical pair cancelled at HARBIN CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION with T&S Subtype 2A 7 7 16 oval datestamp, opened by Military Censor in Petrograd, transit New York and Fitchburg
arrival, unusual ‘R’ registration label with wording in French: HARBINE GARE
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SOLD for € 200.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10234 |
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 1916 Art card to Moscow at domestic rate of 3k and Romanov 4k stationery card to Denmark both cancelled at HARBIN CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION with Type 2 oval datestamps, respectively serial ‘a’ (7 10 16) and serial ‘b’ (27 5 16),
the latter of which has a wartime censor and control marks applied in transit at Petrograd, fine pair
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SOLD for € 150.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10235 |
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 1917 “ASHIHO SUGAR FACTORY” registered envelope to Sweden franked on the reverse by 5k imperf. and 35k tied by “ASHIKHE / ST. CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY” 15.9.17 cds, with “PASSED BY CENSOR / HARBIN / No.1” boxed cachet adjacent,
matching registered labels on obverse, fine and attractive
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SOLD for € 3,400.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10236 |
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 1917 Special P.O.W. card to Austria from a German national held at Tsitsikar writing to his mother cancelled on T.P.O. HARBIN-262-MANCHZHURIYA (Manchuli) ‘e’ 28 9 17, passed through military censors in Petrograd and Vienna, in
addition a postcard included showing Tsitsikar Railway Station
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SOLD for € 170.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10237 |
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 1917 Native cover to Peking franked 1909 10k + 1917 5k imperf. dropped in letter-box of MANCHULI-261-HARBIN Postal Wagon (train ‘a’) 13 11 17 oval postage due mark applied in red DOPLATIT / POSTAL WAGON 261 with amount payable
(10k) inserted by hand, boxed violet cachet of Military Censor Vladivostok, some water staining affecting Doplatit mark Note: Cover described “Russia used Abroad”, Pt. V (1959), p. 466, fig. 663
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SOLD for € 1,000.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10238 |
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 1917 5k ‘Kerensky’ card addressed to Norway with imprint cancelled on CER TPO HARBIN-262-MANCHULI ‘d’ 27 11 17, boxed violet cachets applied by Military Censor in Petrograd (Speeckaert Types 24 & 27), 5k paid only the domestic
rate being 3k underpaid, encircled ‘T’ (Taxe) applied with blue crayon ’12’ added to denote postage due in Norwegian currency (12 ore), this is the earliest known ‘Kerensky’ stationery used in the Far East and from a Russian P.O. abroad, fine
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SOLD for € 440.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10239 |
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 1917 Typed letter to manager of postal operations at STATION KWANGCHENTZE from postal clerk at Russian P.O. HANKOW (China) enquiring about parcels addressed to a relative in EL’VA (Lifland Guberniya), enclosing receipts and
fee of 40k (30k in coin and one 10k stamp), 20k pair affixed and cancelled circular KUANCHENTZY/STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY 17 12 17, fine and unusual Note: At this time Kwangchentze (Japanese Changchun) was the southern terminus of the C.E.R.
and an important exchange-point for mail to and from China
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SOLD for € 500.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10240 |
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 1918 3k Postal stationery card to Japan uprated with 2k Arms imperf., both cancelled by “HARBIN / RAILWAY STATION” oval ds (Type 2A), Japanese P.O. Changchun transit, sent by a couple travelling across Manchuria by car during
the Russian Civil War explaining that “Our situation is quite a serious one. We must go on not knowing whether we shall get any further than Manchuria, threatened to lose our berth tickets…and our car…”, very fine
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SOLD for € 140.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10241 |
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 1918 3k Postal stationery card uprated with 10k perf., 2k imperf. and 5k (2) imperf., sent to the Germany colony at Tsingtau (China), all tied by “HARBIN RAILWAY STATION b” 15.10.18oval ds, received same day at Changchun
Japanese P.O. with violet cds and red boxed tax mark, pencilled receipt “6/11/18” in top left corner, fine
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SOLD for € 320.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10242 |
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 1919 Cover to USA sent by an officer with Rail Road Service Corps of the American Expeditionary Force to Siberia franked 15k + 20k vertical pair cancelled oval HARBIN-263-VLADIVOSTOK ‘d’ 1 4 19 oval datestamp, opened and
resealed by Military Censor in Vladivostok, cover marginally reduced at left and slightly soiled Note: Owing to the confused situation in the Far East following the Revolution from January 1919 the CER was run by an Inter-Allied Board, disbanded a
year later
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SOLD for € 850.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10243 |
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 1919 4k Romanov stationery card uprated 20k on 14k Romanov provisional to VERKHNE-UDINSK in Siberia cancelled MANCHULI RAILWAY STATION ‘a’ 7 4 19, arrival 2 days later Note: Shows post-abdication use of Romanov stamps and
stationery in “White” territory
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SOLD for € 400.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10244 |
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 1919 Registered cover to Switzerland franked block of 4 35k on 2k Arms issue surcharged by Siberian Government of Admiral Kolchak, tied by HARBIN WHARF / STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY 19 6 19 cds’s, violet Yokohama
transit cds and Clarens arrival backstamp, matching reg’n labels in Cyrillic and Latin as required by U.P.U., fine rarity Note: In 1919 communication with European Russia was severed by civil war and stamps for use in Manchuria were obtained from
Siberia and elsewhere. For the same reason mail for Europe was routed via Japan and the USA.
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SOLD for € 2,400.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10245 |
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 1919 Cover to Harbin franked on the reverse with 10k on 7k, 20k and 30k tied by Vladivostok-Harbin Line 264 “v” 25.10.19 oval ds with further strike on obverse, underpaid and further struck with “DOPLATIT / 263 / POSTAL WAGON
/ 263” oval tax hs with ms “2r”, Harbin bs, opened for display, fine and rare underpaid cover Note: Train operated in both directions (Line 263-264) and tax handstamps for either route seem to have been used indiscriminately
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SOLD for € 380.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10246 |
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 1919 Cover to Philippines redirected from Manila to Vigan on the island of Luzon with multiple franking of Imperial Arms issue totalling 2 roubles, cancelled on CER TPO MANCHULI-261-HARBIN ‘z’ 7 11 19, transit violet chop of
the Japanese P.O. at Changchun translating “to Shanghai”, Hong Kong transit, small peripheral cover faults
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SOLD for € 550.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10247 |
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 1919 Cover to USA with corner card of an American fraternal society, sent by an officer with the RUSSIAN RAILWAY SERVICE CORPS of the AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE based at Vladivostok, posted on CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY Line
261 (MANCHULI-HARBIN) cancelling 50k block of 4, boxed cachet of military censor in Vladivostok, cover slightly reduced at left, attractive and very scarce Note: After the withdrawal of the Russian guards in 1918, the CER running through Manchuria
was seized by the Chinese Government and became nominally under Chinese rule, though in fact under the control of the Allied Forces of Intervention
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SOLD for € 1,000.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10248 |
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 1919 Cover addressed to American Red Cross doctor attached to Siberian Naval Depot at Vladivostok (part of American Expeditonary Force to Siberia), franked on reverse irregular block of 14 15k Arms issue, paying 2 rouble rate
(10k overpaid), cancelled HARBIN CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION (T&S Type 2) 26 12 19, Vladivostok 30 12 19 arrival cds where Russian Military censor boxed cachet applied (Speeckaert Type 9) abbreviated inscription reading in full AUTHORISED
CONTROL/VLADIVOSTOK/No. 11 (Released 1 1 20), cover somewhat crumpled
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SOLD for € 400.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
| 10249 |
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 1920 AMERICAN Y.M.C.A. opened out envelope for display sent to USA by officer with Rail Road Service Corps franked 20 copies of 10k devalued Russian stamps, cancelled oval HARBIN-263-VLADIVOSTOK ‘z’ 8 1 20, boxed cachet of
Military Censor in Vladivostok on obverse, cover reduced Note: From January 1919 the CER was run by an Inter-Allied Board, the technical side being managed by 200 American railway engineers based in Harbin and Vladivostok, under the command of Col.
John F. Stevens
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SOLD for € 750.00
Closing..Dec-13, 12:00 PM |
