Lot 10029 – HARBIN: 1911 Value Declared cover for 50 roubles (

HARBIN: 1911 Value Declared cover for 50 roubles (133 francs, 33 centimes) from Harbin to Austria, on front blue-lined HARBIN label in Russian and purple bilingual (French/Russian) value declared label and linear HEAD OF HARBIN POST OFFICE in blue, on reverse franked 15k pair + 14k to pay 44 kopeck charge cancelled HARBIN Type 4 , serial ‘z’ dated 27.9.11, five wax seals alongside in good condition imprinted HARBIN POST OFFICE around Imperial Eagle with posthorns and thunderbolts, letter ‘b’ at foot, dated 27 X 11, there are no previous records of Harbin postmaster’s handstamp, purple label or Harbin P.O. wax seal, rare and spectacular