Lot 10218 – 1915 Registered cover to Sweden franked on the rev

1915 Registered cover to Sweden franked on the reverse with Romanov 10k pair tied by « HARBIN – 262 – MANCHULI a » 24.1.15 oval ds, opened by military censor at Irkutsk, obverse with red reg’n cachet with postal wagon no. and reg’n no. in ms, this being the ONLY EXAMPLE RECORDED of this C.E.R. reg’d cachet, very fine and unique registered cover. Note: Mail was very rarely registered on postal wagons and cachets for this purpose were not introduced until March 1914. This is the only example recorded for the C.E.R.