Lot 10064 – HARBIN: 1920 10k “Kitai” letter card registered fr

HARBIN: 1920 10k “Kitai” letter card registered from Harbin to Germany, uprated with 10k on 7k provisionally surcharged 10c at Harbin, both cancelled by Harbin 11.12.20 cds (T&S type 3B), with reg’d labels in French and Russian, Yokohama transit, reverse with German postal control label and Cottbus cds, very fine Note: Owing to the civil war, stamp supplies to Harbin from Metropolian Russia ceased and stamps and stationery had to be acquired from China and Siberia. In October 1920, remaining stocks of ordinary Russian Arms issues were overprinted in Chinese currency, the rouble then being of unstable value