Lot 40235 – 1903 (June 9) Registered cover from Tientsin to Germany, bearing rare China-Russia combination franking with Russian pmks of Yingkow (Newchwang)

1903 (June 9) Registered cover from Tientsin (Karlowitz correspondence) to Osnabrück (Germany), franked on reverse with China ‘Coiling Dragon’ 5c vertical block of eight, tied by bilingual dispatch cds’s, bilingual Newchwang and arrival cds’s adjacent, obverse bearing 1899 overprinted 10k in two pairs (one with minor faults), tied in Yingkow (Newchwang, Manchuria) by “N°13i POLEV.POCHT.KON./PRIAMUR.OKR.” cds’s (T&S type 1), with corresponding “INKOU” registration label at top right, a rare registered mixed franking.