Lot 20108 – 1904 Registered cover to London from Russo-Chinese
Lot 20108 – 1904 Registered cover to London from Russo-Chinese
Lot 20108 – 1904 Registered cover to London from Russo-Chinese
Russia » Russo-Japanese War
Price realised
950 EUR
Estimate
1’000 EUR
Auction date
Tue 2 Dec 2014 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1904 Registered cover to London from Russo-Chinese Bank in Kirin, southern Manchuria, franked 7k (4), 3 affected by vertical crease and one by overlapping, tied by GIRIN/3/ARMY CORPS POST-TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Kirin registration cachet alongside.
Based on a station of the Chinese owned telegraph line Shanhaikwan-Aigun, this office was opened when the Russians occupied the town in 1900 and dealt with both military and civilian mail. Auction
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