Lot 10119 – 1904 Overweight registered cover to STARAYA BUKHAR
Lot 10119 – 1904 Overweight registered cover to STARAYA BUKHAR
Russia » Russia Post in China – Chinese Eastern Railway
Price realised
1’800 EUR
Estimate
500 EUR
Auction date
ven. 13 déc. 2013 at 13:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1904 Overweight registered cover to STARAYA BUKHARA (Central Asia) from Shanghai (8 II 04), sent via CER Postal Wagon No. 266 (PORT ARTHUR-HARBIN) and POSTAL WAGON No. 262 (HARBIN-MANCHULI), thence by Trans-Siberian Railway including POSTAL WAGON No. 198 (IRKUTSK-KRASNOYARSK), arriving 5 III 04
Note: Opening of the CER to commercial traffic in February 1902 enabled Russian-bound mail from China to take the overland route via Manchuria and Siberia and avoid the long sea journey to Odessa 1904年2月8日上海寄烏茲別克(中亞)超重掛號封，經中國東方鐵路第266號郵政火車(旅大-哈爾濱)及第262號郵政火車(哈爾濱至滿州里)寄遞，再經西伯利亞鐵路(包括第198號郵政火車(IRKUTSK-KRASNOYARSK),於3月5日到達。
備註：1902年2月中國東方鐵路開通商業交通後，促成了中國
寄俄國同邊之邸件可經滿州里及西伯利亞陸路運送，而以往必須經ODESSA冗長海路運送。
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