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Lot 10100 – CHEFOO: 1902 Cover to England from a crew member o

CHEFOO: 1902 Cover to England from a crew member o
CHEFOO: 1902 Cover to England from a crew member o
CHEFOO: 1902 Cover to England from a crew member o
CHEFOO: 1902 Cover to England from a crew member o
Lot 10100 – CHEFOO: 1902 Cover to England from a crew member o
Russia » Russia Post in China
Price realised
2’600 EUR
Estimate
800 – 1’200 EUR
Auction date
Wed 12 Dec 2012 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
CHEFOO: 1902 Cover to England from a crew member on board British warship HMS “Amphitrite” (printed on the reverse) at the Crown Colony of Wei Hai Wei, endorsed “Russian Post Office Chefoo / via Port Arthur / Moscow”, with China 1c Dragon tied by bilingual “LIU-KUNG-TAO / WEI-HAI-WEI” cds in red, paying the rate to Chefoo where it was transferred to the Russian P.O. and franked with pairs of “KITAI” 2k and 3k tied by Chefoo 18.12.02 cds (T&S type 1, Gregorian calendar), with different strike on reverse (T&S type 2, Julian calendar), Southampton bs, a rare and attractive mixed country franking
烟台:1902年寄英国封,由威海卫HMS “Amphitrite”英国军舰成员(印于封背)寄出,手写”烟台俄国客邮/经阿瑟港/莫斯科”,贴蟠龙1分销红色威海卫汉英圆戳,再贴俄国客邮2及3戈比销俄国客邮戳,及烟台圆戳(12.18)(T&S1型,公历),背销儒略历日戳(T&S2型,儒略历),又销 Southampton到达戳,罕见的混贴封

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