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

RUSSIA » RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR continued...

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Catalog No.

Descrip

Opening

20379

1906: Two Russian postal clerks newly transferred to Manchuria send viewcards of the Trans-Siberian Railway to a nun in St Petersburg, showing the route they took. “The new address, where I have been transferred”, writes one : BUKHEDU, CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY. POST OFFICE – CLERK V.F.K. One card franked 3k, the other stampless, both endorsed BUKHEDU with green cds FIELD POST OFFICE (4) No. 26, dated 19 VIII 06 and 28 VIII 06 respectively. These cards pin-point the location of F.P.O. No. 26 at Bukhedu, a station of the C.E.R. east of Manchuli, North Manchuria, and confirm that after the Russo-Japanese War the Russians continued to staff and run the railway and its dependent postal system.

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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20380

1906 Viewcard to Petrozavodsk franked 1889-92 3k tied HEAD FIELD POST OFFICE ‘v’ 3 9 06 cds, arrival 25 9 06. Small part of the text lost bottom left This FPO was situated at HARBIN and served both military and civilian needs. Some of its cancellers remained in use until 1908..

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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20381

1906 UNRECORDED negative seal cancellation of HEAD FIELD POST OFFICE ‘a’ on Japanese postcard to Moscow received 28 12 06 and 1889-92 issue 4k block of 20 with cancellation of same office, serial ‘o’ dated 3 10 06. From the end of the Russo-Japanese War (Sept 1905) until 1908 this F.P.O., based on HARBIN, was open to civilian business.

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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20382

1906 Japanese postal stationery addressed from HARBIN to St Petersburg, opened out to display ornamental interior, franked 7k tied by HEAD FIELD POST OFFICE ‘b’ 12 9 06 cds. Few minor paper losses to the panel. During this period Field Post Offices were open for civilian mail.

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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20383

1907 Money-order card for 3 roubles sent 6 1 07 from Beisagola, Kovno Guberniya to soldier at Tsitsikar, Manchuria, serving with the 9th COMPANY OF 3rd BATTALION OF 16th EAST SIBERIAN RIFLE REGIMENT. Harbin transit 24 1 07, TSITSIKAR manuscript receipt on reverse. Although the Russo-Japanese War ended in September 1905, evacuation of Russian combatant troops was not completed until April 1907, leaving only small contingents to guard the Chinese Eastern Railway.

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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20384

1907 Receipt for transfer of 30 roubles by post to Slavansk on form issued by Russian Imperial Post-Telegraph Administration in Manchuria, signed by Post-Telegraph clerk. Circular datestamp FIELD POST OFFICE No. 30 2 II 1907 and two-line FIELD POST OFFICE AT TSITSIKAR RAILWAY STATION, both in green. This item confirms the location of F.P.O. No. 30 at Tsitsikar Railway Station (now in the town of Angangki, 20 miles north of Tsitsikar proper) after it had moved from its former base in Taolaichao in 1905.

SOLD for € 260.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20385

1907 Manchurian viewcards to France and Germany, both franked 4k in ‘Kitai’ stamps and cancelled respectively with Old Style datestamps: 29th RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE ‘a’ (9 2 07) and ‘b’ (9 3 07), the latter with New Style dateline “St. Mandzhuria 21/II/07”. This office was situated at Manchuli railway station and at this time was open to civilian usage. ‘Kitai’ stamps were not stocked in the Manchurian offices at this time but were accepted for postage when supplied by the customer.

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SOLD for € 300.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20386

1907 Illustrated letter-sheet issued to battalions guarding the Russian-owned CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY, showing arrival of recruit and his stages of training. Under the terms of the Peace Treaty (September 1905) these were the only military units permitted to remain in Manchuria. They were nicknamed “Mathilda’s Guards” after the wife of the Russian Minister of Finance who had masterminded the C.E.R.

SOLD for € 60.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

20387

DEMOBILISATION: 1906 Pictorial envelope with military motifs addressed from Kovel to Port Kunda near Vezenberg, Estland Guberniya 12 1 1906, franked 7k on reverse, apparently overlooked and oval tax mark applied, reading: DOPLATIT (To pay) / Kovel with 14k (=2 X rate) inserted by hand. Vezenberg arrival backstamp 15 1 1906. Part of correspondence to Port Kunda from army officer previously stationed in Manchuria.

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20388

DEMOBILISATION: 1909 7k Stationery envelope uprated 14k to make registered rate, addressed to a soldier in the 242nd BELEBEY REGIMENT at HARBIN, Manchuria, from a peasant in the NIKOLSK district of Vologda Guberniya. Abbreviated cancellation (dated12 1 09) and label read: SHONGSKO-NIKOLAEVSKOE, VOLOGDA/VOLOST (=village group) ADMINISTRATION. Received Harbin 29 1 09 where cachet applied on reverse stating that the item is being redirected to Orenburg, central Russia, where regiment has been posted pending demobilisation. Bottom left corner of envelope missing.

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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

ZANZIBAR » PRE-POST OFFICE PERIOD (PRE-1875)

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30000

EARLIEST RECORDED INCOMING COVER IN PRIVATE HANDS 1842 (Jan 1) Incoming wrapper from Boston, United States, addressed to the first United States Consul at Zanzibar, Richard P. Waters. The cover was carried on the Cunard Line’s “Columbia” to Liverpool being handled by Harnden & Company who had offices in both Boston & Liverpool (as noted with circular hand-stamp “Pd /H”), then to London & via “Falmouth” onto Bombay via the Cape of Good Hope, from Bombay forwarded by “Sangheir Messewanjee Wady Esq., Merchant” to Muscat and finally to Zanzibar via ship “Rowena” (as noted in manuscript on reverse). The total transit time was just under six months. Small fault at lower left. Note: There are two covers from this correspondence, one of which sent later in 1842 sold at a 2013 auction at $8’600. The United States was the first foreign government to establish a Consulate at Zanzibar as agreed by treaty in 1836. One of the key items for Zanzibar postal history

SOLD for € 36,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

30001

1846 (Apr 11) Envelope from Captain Cornwallis Ricketts, later Rear Admiral Ricketts & Sir Cornwallis Ricketts sent to Leeds, England via India with enclosed letter. Captain Ricketts had been sent to Zanzibar at the direction of Queen Victoria to encourage the Sultan not to offer “most-favoured nation” trading status to France. Several comments in the letter are noteworthy; “Great changes in this part of the world,” and later “The Imam of Muscat has given me a beautiful Damascus saber…” Accompanying the saber was a note from the British Consul Hamerton, “The sword was presented by the Imam of Muscat and Sultan of Zanzibar to Sir Cornwallis Ricketts on his visiting Zanzibar in H.M.S. “Helena” in 1846, in acknowledgement of the moral support His Highness has derived from the presence of an English Man of War, at a time he was resisting pressure of a French Mission to obtain commercial advantages by Treaty, over and above what has been conceded to the “most favoured nations.” (See page 27 of DuBro’s reference “Zanzibar’s Postal History Legacy.”). An extraordinary item. The cover is the second earliest outgoing postal history item from Zanzibar in private hands.

SOLD for € 4,200.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

30002

1849 Folded entire with 3 page letter from George Putnam while at Zanzibar sent to his brother John at Wenham, Massachusetts (United States) carried via Whaler “Lucia Maria”. Light red arrival “PAID” hs and charged “7”(c). Putnam wrote the letter while in port at Zanzibar during a voyage on the bark “Emily Wilder”. He writes: “It took a quick 78 days to Majunga (Madagascar).” While in post at Majunga, another brother Horace arrived on the bark “La Plata”. Horace joined his brother on the “Emily Wilder” and travelled up the coast to Zanzibar. The Putnam family were Salem merchants who had been trading on the East African coast from the 1820s. Ex Sturton

SOLD for € 4,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

30003

1850 Envelope from Chancellor Emile Kuhlmann of the French Consulate at Zanzibar sent to his father at Colmar, France. The cover was sent via English mails noting straight-line hand-stamp “SHIP LETTER” originally charged “1/-2” in manuscript subsequently crossed out and “30” (decimes) applied. Only recorded Zanzibar pre-post office cover carried to Europe via Cape of Good Hope & St. Helena. At St Helena forwarded by “S. Solomon” noting boxed hand-stamp on reverse then sent through London (6 December) and Calais (9 December). One of only five covers known with the “S. Solomon” boxed forwarder’s cachet. The envelope has been opened out for display. Note: This is the second earliest of the Kuhlmann correspondence. The French Consulate opened in 1844 at Zanzibar.

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30004

THE UNIQUE DATE-STAMP, THE EARLIEST RECORDED FOR ANY ZANZIBAR POSTAL HISTORY ITEM 1851 (Mar 12) Envelope sent by Chancellor Emile Kuhlmann of the French Consulate to his father at Colmar, France charged 10 decimes in manuscript. The cover was sent via Aden, overland to Alexandria, then via ship to Marseille noting double circle transit hand-stamp “PAQ. ANGL. MARSEILLE/ 30 AVRIL / 51”, small cover faults with small portion of backflap missing. Note: There are seventeen recorded items from this correspondence and are documented in DuBro’s “Zanzibar’s Postal History Legacy”. Provenance: Richard Knight Unique. A major rarity and a key item for Zanzibar postal history

SOLD for € 15,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

30005

1852 (Jan 22) Incoming stampless envelope from Colmar, France, sent to “Consulate de Zanzibar / Monsieur Emile Kuhlmann, Chancelior” charged 10(decimes) via Alexandria, overland to the Suez & via sea through the “Bab-el-Mandeb,” the entrance to the Red Sea at the Indian Ocean. During this time, mail to Zanzibar was sent to the British Political Agent Captain Haines at Aden. As there was no scheduled service from Aden to Zanzibar, the agent would send the envelope via any convenient ship going down the East African coast. There are seventeen recorded items in the Kuhlmann correspondence. Ex Richard Knight.

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

30006

1852 (Feb 22) Incoming stampless envelope from Colmar, France sent to Monsieur Emile Kuhlmann, Chancelior du Consulate de France at Zanzibar, and charged 25c suggesting that the cover was sent via Marseille and down the west coast of Africa around the Cape of Good Hope. The cover displays arrival date in red manuscript as 9 July & transit time of “121 jours”. Fine and rare.

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30007

1854 (Nov 22) Incoming envelope from Colmar, France sent to “Aden mer rouge / Messiers Farsee, Edijlee, Curselijee & Sons” for “Emile Kuhlmann, chancelior, du Consules de France / Zanzibar.” The forwarders at Aden then sent the cover via a convenient ship travelling down the East coast of Africa. The routing notes Strausbourg, Paris & Alexandria, Egypt. Noted in manuscript in upper left “12 gr” on obverse and “20”(centimes) on reverse. Kuhlmann served at the Consulate from 1849 through 1856 except a short trip to Aden in 1854

SOLD for € 2,100.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM

30008

1858 (May 26) Incoming folded entire from forwarding agents Dossabhoy & Merwanji & Co.of Bombay sent to Antoine Michel, an agent at Mozambique, with forwarders cachet and embossed logo. The entire notes in manuscript “Per ‘Falkland’ via Zanzibar”. The entire further notes in manuscript on the reverse “Care Messrs Cheney & Spalding of Zanzibar,” previously unrecorded forwarding agents at Zanzibar. The letter requests that Michel “send 500 Ribaceira oranges on a box air tight … and a collection of well-selected sea shells …”. Light horizontal crease, otherwise in very fine condition and very rare.

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30009

1858 Folded letter from French merchant Banzan at Zanzibar addressed to Antoine Michel, an agent for Mr. Regisaine at Mozambique. The entire encloses a 3-page letter written in French and it is noted in the letter that the cover was carried via an unnamed American schooner. The item represents one of the earliest incoming postal history items to Mozambique as well as intra-African mail. The condition is excellent with a very minor horizontal crease. VERY RARE.

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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM