Lot 10100 – CHEFOO: 1902 Cover to England from a crew member o

CHEFOO: 1902 Cover to England from a crew member on board British warship HMS « Amphitrite » (printed on the reverse) at the Crown Colony of Wei Hai Wei, endorsed « Russian Post Office Chefoo / via Port Arthur / Moscow », with China 1c Dragon tied by bilingual « LIU-KUNG-TAO / WEI-HAI-WEI » cds in red, paying the rate to Chefoo where it was transferred to the Russian P.O. and franked with pairs of « KITAI » 2k and 3k tied by Chefoo 18.12.02 cds (T&S type 1, Gregorian calendar), with different strike on reverse (T&S type 2, Julian calendar), Southampton bs, a rare and attractive mixed country franking