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Russian Post Offices in the Chinese Empire (P continued...

RUSSIA » RUSSIA POST IN CHINA – RUSSIAN OCCUPATION OF MANCHURIA continued...

Lot

Symbol

Catalog No.

Descrip

Opening

20039

1903 Chinese 1c postal stationery card uprated China ‘Dragons’ 1c + 2c + 10c tied by Chinese bilingual Tientsin cds’s sent registered to Austria and endorsed ‘via Siberia’, received at YINGKOW(NEWCHANG) and passed to the Russian Field Post Telegraph Office where it was re-registered and franked Russia ‘Kitai’ 2k pair and 10k tied by ‘No. 13 FIELD POST OFFICE PRIAMUR DISTRICT’, Yingkow registration label and boxed registration cachet alongside, Innsbruck arrival

SOLD for € 4,600.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20040

1903 Chinese 1c postal stationery card uprated Chinese ‘Dragon’ 1c + 5c tied by tombstone chop, message (in French) “to be sent by the post-boy from An-yin”, oval bilingual transit of PAOTING datestamp alongside, arrived at Chinese P.O. NEWCHANG (YINGKOW) 11 AUG 1903, passed to Russian P.O. for transmission to Belgium, franked ‘Kitai’ two 2k tied by YINGKOW/FIELD TELEGRAPH BRANCH/PRIAMUR DISTRICT/30 July 1903. Since China was not a member of the UPU its stamps were not valid for usage to foreign destinations hence the card being handed over to the Russian F.P.O. at Yingkow which handled civilian mail. The apparent discrepancy in dates on postmarks is due to the fact that China had adopted the western Gregorian calendar, while Russia continued to use the old style Julian calendar, 13 days in arrear.

SOLD for € 2,200.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20041

1903 Two Picture postcards, one addressed to a German warship at Chefoo, China, franked 1k ‘Kitai’ pair, the other to Germany franked 2k ‘Kitai’, both cancelled No. 17 FIELD POST OFFICE/1/PRIAMUR DISTRICT showing damaged canceller characteristic of late usage, latter with Chinese Eastern Railway POSTAL WAGON No. 262 (6). ‘Kitai’ stamps were not sold in the Manchurian offices but were accepted when supplied by the customer.

SOLD for € 850.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20042

1903 Registered cover to Rome franked China 10c + 20c (faulty) tied by TIENTSIN cds forwarded to the Russian P.O. where vertical strip of 3 Russian ‘Kitai’ applied and tied by YINGKOW/FIELD TELEGRAPH BRANCH PRIAMUR DISTRICT 30 IX 1903 cds’s, transit marks of NEWCHANG 13 10 03 and Chinese Eastern Railway POSTAL WAGON No. 261 (4) 2 X 1903, Rome arrival, Yingkow registration label and Tientsin registration cachets in association

SOLD for € 850.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20043

1903 Triple-weight cover to France franked 5k (2) + 7k (3) from No.17 FIELD POST OFFICE (DALNY) 10 X 1903, intended for registration but domestic rate only applied (31k) instead of foreign rate (40k), oval tax mark applied reading : TO PAY/No. 17th FIELD POST OFFICE REGION ATTACHED TO THE AMUR, later the manuscript ‘registered’ and tax mark were crossed out and letter was sent by ordinary mail, on reverse wax nobility seal, Chinese Eastern Railway POSTAL WAGON No. 262 (7) (HARBIN-MANCHULI) 13 X 1903 and Paris arrival.

SOLD for € 1,900.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20044

1903 Cover from bank in NEWCHANG to France franked two blocks of 10 2k tied by No. 13 FIELD POST OFFICE/1/PRIAMUR DISTRICT 11 X 1903 cds’s, on reverse transit POSTAL WAGON No. 265 (2) cds, Lyon arrival, some creasing, spectacular franking

SOLD for € 950.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20045

1903 Cover to Germany franked ‘Kitai’ 2k strip of 4 + single tied by DALNY/1/FIELD TELEGRAPH BRANCH 11 XI 1903 cds’s with arrival backstamp.

SOLD for € 3,800.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20046

1903 Viewcard (depicting the main street of Kirin) from IRKUTSK (Siberia) to Monsieur Guerin at CHEFOO, China. Russian postal clerk misread French and misdirected item to GIRIN (Russian spelling of KIRIN, Manchuria), the card thus receiving the rare arrival mark GIRIN/2/ARMY CORPS POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE 30 XI 1903 circular datestamp, readdressed to Chefoo in cyrillic arriving 4 Jan 1904, ex Casey

SOLD for € 1,200.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20047

1903 Registered cover to St Petersburg franked on reverse 1k, 2k (4) and 5k to make up the 14k rate tied by HARBIN Type 2F of former civilian P.O. converted to a Field Post Office, dated 23 XII 1903, St Petersburg arrival 7 1 1904 alongside, registration label HARBIN/FIELD POST-TELEGRAPH OFFICE applied on obverse, showing dual status of office, serving both military and civilian needs, patch of paper adhesion caused by glue on front, ex Casey

SOLD for € 400.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20048

1903 Registered cover addressed in Czech and Russian “To Austria and Bohemia town Litomysl” now in Czech Republic, sent by bandmaster of 1st CHITA REGIMENT OF TRANSBAIKAL MILITARY COSSACKS from FEN-HWANG-CHEN, South Manchuria, franked on reverse 10k vertical pair tied by poor strikes of Russian P.O. with better strikes on front reading: FYNHUANCHEN’/1/FIELD POST-TELEGRAPH BRANCH 15 X (year omitted). ‘Z’ registration label with abbreviated inscription agreeing with cancellation. Transit marks of Trans-Siberian TPO’s: POSTAL WAGON No. 260 (3) (MANCHULI-CHITA) 24 X 1903; PW No. 242 (CHITA-IRKUTSK) 25 X 1903; PW No. 198 (IRKUTSK-KRASNOYARSK) 27 X . received Moscow 6 XI. Litomysl arrival 22 Nov 03. Only known item of mail from the Russian P.O. in Fen-Hwang-Chen.

SOLD for € 2,400.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20049

1903 Viewcard depicting German troops at Tsingtau dated 22 8 03 (New Style) sent to Germany franked 4k, cancelled SHANHAIKWANG/1/FIELD TELEGRAPH BRANCH PRIAMUR DISTRICT 12 (VIII) 1903 (=25 8 03 New Style). Guben arrival 23 9 03.

SOLD for € 240.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20050

1904 Decorative card with embossed Eagle and Dragon to Moscow franked 1k + 2k cancelled LYAOYANG FIELD TELEGRAPH BRANCH/PRIAMUR DISTRICT with No. 16 FIELD POST OFFICE/PRIAMUR DISTRICT cds alongside, further strike added on 4 1 1904 when handed over to Chinese Eastern Railway Postal Wagon No. 266 for conveyance to Harbin, received Moscow 19 1 1904. Only known item of mail from Lyaoyang Field Telegraph office and from No. 16 Field Post Office, now established as located at Lyaoyang.

SOLD for € 1,500.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

RUSSIA » RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

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Catalog No.

Descrip

Opening

20051

1904 The Russian Perspective: Group of five postcards incl. Russian comic card used postally from Yuzovka to London 14 VI 1904. Egged on by Britain a belligerent Japan threatens a nonchalant Russia, while Uncle Sam looks on. Further satirical pc produced by the Russian Fellowship in Moscow showing invading Japanese forces in the pay of Uncle Sam, card with light staining. Also ppc of Admiral Alexeieff postally used in England, ppc of the Russian Second Pacific Squadron in the Suez Canal and a ppc of Rear-Admiral Baron Dmitri von Felkerzam (commander of the “Suez” division)

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SOLD for € 180.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20052

1904 Group of 3 satirical postcards. The Russo-Japanese War was fought against the Japanese in China’s eastern provinces (Manchuria) The Russian population was ignorant about their largest neighbour, the Chinese being depicted as pantomime figures of villainy or comedy. Two cards depict this, the 3rd was printed in the Netherlands depicting an imaginary orchestra of wind instruments from the forces of General Baron Oku, Commander in Chief of the Japanese Second Army, a general perception that Japan’s military ambitions were hot air.

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CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20053

1904 Russian Navy: Two picture postcards, one of Cruiser VARYAG used from St Petersburg to Belgium franked 2k used in June 1904 and the other of Gunboat KOREETS addressed to France but without stamps or postal markings. Both ships were destroyed by superior Japanese forces at Chemulpo, Korea, in the first naval engagement of the war (8-9 February 1904).

CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20054

1904 Postcard from New York written by an American supporter of General Kuropatkin, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian armies in Manchuria on Christmas eve sending him seasonal greetings and urging him to “Keep up the good work” and commenting on “the snuff powder you are going to make out of the Japs”. arrival mark: HEADQUARTERS/FIELD POST OFFICE ‘d’ 24 1 05, then based at Mukden. The message reflects the opinion widely held in the West that the defeat of Japan was a foregone conclusion. Ironically, while this card was in transit the Russians suffered a crushing blow in the capitulation of the strategic naval stronghold of Port Arthur. This was a turning point in the war, which ended victoriously for Japan.

SOLD for € 220.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20055

1904 Three receipts for telegrams to MUKDEN, Manchuria, from PEKING FIELD TELEGRAPH BRANCH with cancellations in green. The existence of the Peking FTB is mentioned in the Russian official history of the Russo-Japanese War, although its cancellations had not been recorded hitherto.

CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20056

1904 Registered cover from KWANGCHENTZE, Manchuria to France franked 7k pair and two 3k on reverse tied KVANCHANDZY/1/FIELD TELEGRAPH BRANCH PRIAMUR DISTRICT 14 II 1901 (error for 1904), matching registration label on obverse, transferred 22 II 04 to POSTAL WAGON No. 260 (2) (MANCHULI-CHITA) for conveyance by Trans-Siberian Railway, Paris arrival backstamp (24.3.04)

CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20057

1904 Postcard sent from a recruit stationed at Raevka, Ufa Guberniya sending greetings to his parents at Troki, Vilna Guberniya handstamped free-frank violet circular cachet: 6th Company of the 18th Rifle regiment, further handstamped alongside violet boxed cachet: FROM THE ACTIVE ARMY/AGAINST JAPAN, no postal markings. Also postcard entitled ‘Our first submarine’. At the outbreak of the war Russia had no submarines or personnel with experience of them. A small vessel named Forel (depicted on the card), said to be of German design, was sent from Europe overland by rail to Vladivostok in October 1904. Submarine construction commenced and more boats were delivered in sections for reassembly at Vladivostok during the following winter. Attempts to form an effective Russian submarine flotilla were unsuccessful.

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CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20058

1904 Registered cover to Rome via Italian Embassy in St Petersburg, redirected to ship “Bon” franked 14k on reverse cancelled in blue No. 16 FIELD POST OFFICE/1/PRIAMUR DISTRICT. Blue circular cachet with Imperial Eagle translating: CHANCELLERY OF FIELD HEADQUARTERS OF THE MANCHURIAN ARMY. Registration label reads: LYAOYAN’/FIELD POST-TELEGRAPH OFFICE. Light central vertical fold. This cover confirms the location of No. 16 FPO at Lyaoyang.

SOLD for € 400.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM