Lot 10165 – CHUGUCHAK: 1905 7k Postal stationery envelope sent

CHUGUCHAK: 1905 7k Postal stationery envelope sent insured to Semipalatinsk (Siberia), uprated on the reverse with 14k and four 1R, with imprint cancelled by Chuguchak 19.XII.05 type 1B cds and stamps cancelled by type 1A cds, with central wax seal on reverse reading “Insured Correspondence / Chuguchak / 1 / Within The Confines of China Post Telegraph Branch,” and insured label on obverse, a rare high franking and early usage of the insured post