Lot 10007 – PORT ARTHUR: 1899 Cover to Finland franked 1889-92
Lot 10007 – PORT ARTHUR: 1899 Cover to Finland franked 1889-92
Lot 10007 – PORT ARTHUR: 1899 Cover to Finland franked 1889-92
Russia » Russia Post in China – Manchuria
Price realised
420 EUR
Estimate
400 EUR
Auction date
ven. 13 déc. 2013 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
PORT ARTHUR: 1899 Cover to Finland franked 1889-92 7k tied by PORT ARTHUR Type 1c 23 1 1899 cds, repeated below, transit St Petersburg and Helsinki arrival backstamps indicating a transit time of over 7 weeks, very fine
Note: Before the rail link with Newchwang was completed (October 1899) mail from Port Arthur was taken to that port by courier. Completion of the Chinese Eastern Railway in 1901-02 permitted faster overland communication with Europe 旅大︰1899年實寄封寄芬蘭，貼1889-92 7戈比票銷旅大1c型23.1.1899戳，聖彼得堡及赫爾新基戳，並指出當時中轉時間超過星期。
備註︰於1899年10月牛莊路線未完成前，由旅大寄出之郵件均由苦力傳送。在1901至02年國東部鐵路完成，令歐洲郵件加快陸路運送。
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