Lot 10018 – TIENTSIN: 1917 10k on 7k provisional postcard sent

TIENTSIN: 1917 10k on 7k provisional postcard sent by a German officer in the P.O.W. camp at Khabarovsk (Siberia) to Tientsin, cancelled by illegible cds and ornamental framed “Postal Division / Prisoners of War / Khabarovsk Garrison” cachet, both in violet, received at Tientsin 9.10.17 (T&S type 6 cds) and struck with two censor hs and oval “Dopltatit / Tientsin” (To Pay) hs with ms 16k, reverse with six-line “Received by the Sending (Department) Damaged / By Fire in the Baggage (Car) on the Train at / Station Borzya 23 September 1917 / Manager/Railway Postal Department / Post Telegraph Clerk…” cachet, described in the “British Journal of Russian Philately” no.31 (1962) as the first recorded Russian wreck cover, Tientsin “Doplatit” unrecorded by T&S, unique showpiece