Lot 10075 – HARBIN WHARF: 1920 Registered cover to USA franked

HARBIN WHARF: 1920 Registered cover to USA franked revalued 20k ‘Kitai’ issue on reverse cancelled HARBIN-PRISTAN (WHARF) ‘g’ 20 11 20, handstruck ‘Z’ Cyrillic registration cachet in red translating HARBIN-PRISTAN 1st TOWN BRANCH and ‘R’ registration label in French KHARBIN/SIBERIA, ASIATIC RUSSIA, transit cds of Japanese P.O. Changchun next day and Yokohama 6 12 20 both in violet, New York arrival backstamp, fine Note: This office closed at the end of 1920. Note use of ‘kitai’ stamp, obsolete in China proper and ‘R’ registration label supplied by Harbin main P.O.