Lot 10018 – TIENTSIN: 1917 10k on 7k provisional postcard sent

TIENTSIN: 1917 10k on 7k provisional postcard sent by a German officer in the P.O.W. camp at Khabarovsk (Siberia) to Tientsin, cancelled by illegible cds and ornamental framed « Postal Division / Prisoners of War / Khabarovsk Garrison » cachet, both in violet, received at Tientsin 9.10.17 (T&S type 6 cds) and struck with two censor hs and oval « Dopltatit / Tientsin » (To Pay) hs with ms 16k, reverse with six-line « Received by the Sending (Department) Damaged / By Fire in the Baggage (Car) on the Train at / Station Borzya 23 September 1917 / Manager/Railway Postal Department / Post Telegraph Clerk… » cachet, described in the « British Journal of Russian Philately » no.31 (1962) as the first recorded Russian wreck cover, Tientsin « Doplatit » unrecorded by T&S, unique showpiece