Lot 10060 – HARBIN: 1920 Registered cover from Harbin to Vladi

HARBIN: 1920 Registered cover from Harbin to Vladivostock with 3-line violet handstamp on reverse translating as: ‘Fee collected in/Amount of Rub…Kop…/Post-telegraph clerk with ‘4’ inserted by hand to denote 4 roubles postage collected and clerk’s signature added, also on reverse registration label, framed cachet in red Examined/Harbin/Military Controller/No 7 (Speeckaert Type 3) and Vladivostok arrival, Harbin cds and framed cachet Passed Controller/Vladivostok/No 20 (Speeckaert Type 9), fine Note: This handstamp was introduced to meet the shortage of postage stamps at Harbin due to the Civil War in Russia