Lot 10045 – PEKING: 1916 Picture postcard to Kashgar (SINKIANG

PEKING: 1916 Picture postcard to Kashgar (SINKIANG) with 3k War Charity stamp tied by Peking 23.11.16 (T&S type7B), sent via Harbin (Manchuria) and Irkutsk (Siberia) (where violet censor cachet was applied) with Kashgar 17.1.17 arrival cds, a very rare franking and route, showing re-entry into China Note: War Charity stamps were not on sale in Russian P.O.s in China, but were accepted when supplied by the customer. Note: Illustrated in “Russische Postcensuur 1914-1918” pg.23 by A. Speeckaert.