Lot 10240 – 1918 3k Postal stationery card to Japan uprated wi

Stamp of Russia » Russia Post in China - Chinese Eastern Railway 1918 3k Postal stationery card to Japan uprated wi

Lot 10240 – 1918 3k Postal stationery card to Japan uprated wi

Russia » Russia Post in China – Chinese Eastern Railway
Price realised
140 EUR
Estimate
150 EUR
Auction date
Fri 13 Dec 2013 at 13:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1918 3k Postal stationery card to Japan uprated with 2k Arms imperf., both cancelled by “HARBIN / RAILWAY STATION” oval ds (Type 2A), Japanese P.O. Changchun transit, sent by a couple travelling across Manchuria by car during the Russian Civil War explaining that “Our situation is quite a serious one. We must go on not knowing whether we shall get any further than Manchuria, threatened to lose our berth tickets…and our car…”, very fine
1918年3戈比郵資片另貼2戈比軍徽圖寄日本,銷「哈爾濱/ 鐵路火車站」橢圓戳「T&S 2A型」,日本長春客郵中轉戳,內文是一對夫婦房車旅行時行經滿州里,敍述因俄國內戰期間「處境嚴重,不知能否橫渡滿州里,期間驚恐遺失車票…汽車…」。

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