Lot 60676 – 1915 Cover registered to the USA with « KITAI » 3k,

1915 Cover registered to the USA with « KITAI » 3k, 7k and 10k and War Charity issue 3k and 7k, paying double the 10k foreign letter rate plus reg’n fee, all tied by CHIFU 1.12.15 cds (T&S type 3B), with reg’d label in Russian and French adjacent, Detroit arrival, a rare use of the War Charity stamps and mixed issue franking. Note: The War Charity issue was not stocked by the Russian P.O.s in China but were accepted when supplied by the customer. Provenance: ex Lipschutz, A.Karpov, Dr.Casey