Lot 10178 – KASHGAR: 1917 Censored cover to the Royal Swedish
Lot 10178 – KASHGAR: 1917 Censored cover to the Royal Swedish
Russia » Russia Post in Sinkiang
Price realised
440 EUR
Estimate
300 – 400 EUR
Auction date
mer. 12 déc. 2012 at 12:30 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
KASHGAR: 1917 Censored cover to the Royal Swedish Foreign Department in Stockholm, franked with Arms 5k brown, two singles tied by Kashgar b 19.6.17 type 2B cds, with Tashkent transit bs & Stockholm arrival, opened and resealed with Petrograd censored tape, very fine & scarce destination
Note: This item is edivently connected to expeditions to Central Asia run by the Swedish explorer Sven Hedin, known to have used Kashgar as a base 喀什:1917年,郵檢封寄斯德哥爾摩的瑞典皇家外交部,貼俄國軍郵5戈比,銷喀什戳(1917.6.19 2B型),亦見銷喀什幹中轉戳及期德哥爾摩到達戳,剪開及封回,經彼得格勒郵檢,上品及少見的目的地。
備註:此郵封可見瑞典探險家Sven Hedin在中亞歷險時以喀什作為基地。
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