Lot 10157 – KOBDO: 1917 Native cover sent registered to Peking
Lot 10157 – KOBDO: 1917 Native cover sent registered to Peking
Lot 10157 – KOBDO: 1917 Native cover sent registered to Peking
Russia » Russia Post in Mongolia
Price realised
320’000 EUR
Estimate
70’000 – 90’000 EUR
Auction date
mer. 12 déc. 2012 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
KOBDO: 1917 Native cover sent registered to Peking, franked with Arms 3k, 5k and 7k plus two 1916 10k on 7k, paying the 15k single letter rate plus registration (despite the letter rate increasing to 20k the day before according to Hellrigl), tied by Kobdo 2.9.17 type 1A cds (Hellrigl rated RR), with reg’n label adjacent (type 1 rated RRR), Irkutsk censor hs, fine and very rare.
One of only four covers recorded from Kobdo and one of the great rarities of Mongolian postal history.
Note: Illustrated in “The Postal History of Mongolia” pg.59 by Hellrigl
Expertise: Signed Holcombe
Provenance: Ex Tolman 科布多:1917年挂号封寄北京,贴俄国3,5及7戈比,另贴两枚1916年7戈比加盖10戈比票,为15戈比国内邮资及挂号费(根据Hellrigl记载此时邮资已提升至20戈比),销科布多1A型圆戳(1917.9.2)(Hellrigl RR),另贴挂号标签(1型RRR),伊尔库茨克邮检员戳,中上品及十分罕见
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