Lot 41031 – 1916 Registered Red Band Cover from Kashgar in Sinkiang, China to the Russian P.O. in Tientsin, bearing a Russia vertical strip of four 1912 5k

1916 Registered Red Band Cover from Kashgar in Sinkiang, China to the Russian P.O. in Tientsin, bearing a Russia vertical strip of four 1912 5k brown-lilac with varnish lines, a fresh and fine multiple, tied by clear “KASHGAR KIT. VLAD. -9. 11. 16” cds’s in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 424). Reverse with matching registration label, on obverse “TIENTSIN POSTE RUSSE 22 12 16” arrival cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 492) and delivery handstamp of the Chinese post office. A very rare cover of the Russian post in China.

Expertise: Cert. Holcombe (1992).

Provenance: Liphschutz (Harmers, Lugano).