Lot 10021 – MANCHURIA PROPER EARLIEST RECORDED COVER FROM M

MANCHURIA PROPER EARLIEST RECORDED COVER FROM MANCHURIA PROPER HARBIN: 1900 Cover registered to St. Petersburg with 4k, 7k and 10k tied by fine blue « HARBIN MACHURIA / POSTAL BRANCH » 10.09.00 cds (T&S type 1), St. Petersburg bs (24.11.00, over two months later), small cover fault at top right not affecting the stamp, a beautiful and rare franking Note: Recorded in « Russia Used Abroad » pt.5, pp.395, 425 & 427 as earliest cover from a Russian P.O. in Manchuria proper.