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Lot 10159 – KULDJA: 1879 Envelope sent registered from Kuldja

KULDJA: 1879 Envelope sent registered from Kuldja
Lot 10159 – KULDJA: 1879 Envelope sent registered from Kuldja
Russia » Russia Post in Sinkiang
Price realised
500’000 EUR
Estimate
8’000 – 12’000 EUR
Auction date
Wed 12 Dec 2012 at 12:30 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
KULDJA: 1879 Envelope sent registered from Kuldja to Taganrog (Russia), with 1879 7k pair tied by “KULDJIAN POSTAL BRANCH / PROVINCE OF THE SEVEN RIVERS” 24.05.79 cds with further strike above, Taganrog bs & manuscript annotation in Russian “Taken out of a (mail) box 24 May”, slightly reduced at top and some light soiling. The earliest known cancellation of Kuldja, of unrecorded type and earliest item of mail from the Russian post in Sinkiang and the only known example from the period of Russian occupation of Kuldja, a great rarity of the Russian offices in the Chinese Empire Note: The inscription on the cds shows that Kuldja postal administration was dependent on the Siberian province of Semiryechensk (Seven Rivers)
伊宁:1879年,挂号封由伊宁寄塔甘罗格(俄罗斯),贴7戈比双联销”伊宁邮政分局”戳(1879.5.24),背销塔甘罗格圆戳及俄罗斯手写注释”5.24提取邮件”,顶部微损及微黄 此为俄国邮局在伊宁以来,最早的邮品存世纪录,亦为俄国占领伊宁以来,最早的实寄纪录,罕有的俄国在华客邮纪录 备注:邮戳上的刻文表示伊宁邮政依赖七河地区的西伯利亚省

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