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  • Lot# : 6650 Russian P.O. in China

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    Catalogue# : Russia 67/II a b
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    Russia in China 1916 (Dec 22): Registered Red Band Cover from Kashgar in Sinkiang to the Russian P.O. in Tientsin, bearing a vertical strip of four 1912 5 kop. brown-lilac with varnish lines, a fresh and fine multiple, tied by clear "KASHGAR KIT. VLAD. -9. 11. 16" cds's in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 424). Reverse with matching registration label, on obverse "TIENTSIN POSTE RUSSE 22 12 16" arrival cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 492) and delivery handstamp of the Chinese post office. Cert. Holcombe (1992).rnNote: The Russian post offices in Sinkiang used Russian definitives not those overprinted KITAI for usage in China proper.rnProvenance: Collection Liphschutz, Harmers, Lugano, part IV, Feb 1994, lot 2166.
    Starting bid : 2,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 9,000.00 CHF