Lot 10010 – PORT ARTHUR: 1899 Reply paid card from Port Arthur

PORT ARTHUR: 1899 Reply paid card from Port Arthur to Switzerland uprated Russia 3k + 1k ‘Kitai’ overprint (unnecessary), ordinary stamps cancelled Type 1b 28 11 00 cds’s, ‘Kitai’ issue cancelled in transit or on arrival with ‘dumb’ canceller, transit marks of Russian P.O. Shanghai and British P.O. Hong Kong, fine Note: ‘Kitai’ overprints were available at Port Arthur only during the second half of 1899 and there is no record of their genuine use from that office at that time