Lot 10123 – URGA: 1879 Native cover from Urga to Peking, dated
Lot 10123 – URGA: 1879 Native cover from Urga to Peking, dated
Lot 10123 – URGA: 1879 Native cover from Urga to Peking, dated
Russia » Russia Post in Mongolia
Price realised
14’000 EUR
Estimate
8’000 – 12’000 EUR
Auction date
Wed 12 Dec 2012 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
URGA: 1879 Native cover from Urga to Peking, dated “14th Day, 8th Moon, 1879”, franked with Russia Arms 3k and 5k cancelled by brush strokes (the first type of cancel used in Mongolian offices) paying the 8k rate, some minor peripheral faults, rare, only about 12 covers known from Urga with pen / brush stroke cancel (brush strokes are much rarer)
Note: Recorded in the BJRP no.36 (1965) p.26
Provenance: Ex Adgey-Edgar 库伦:1879年,库伦本地封寄北京(八月十四), 贴俄国票3分及5分,销笔刷戳(为蒙古办事处第一种使用戳), 微损, 存世只有12个库伦封销笔/笔刷戳,笔刷戳更为珍贵
备注:记录于英国报刊之俄国集邮特刊,第36期, 1965年, 第26页
源流: Adgey-Edgar
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