Lot 20378 – 1906 Registered cover addressed from STATION HANDA

1906 Registered cover addressed from STATION HANDAOKHETZE (Chinese Eastern Railway) to Bern, Switzerland, during the evacuation period, franked on reverse 1k, 5k and 14k Arms issue to make 20k registered rate, cancelled Type 2B reading: FIELD POST OFFICE No. 28 (2) 8 VII 1906. Type 2A canceller applied as a dispatch mark the following day. Registration label reads simply HANDAOKHETZE. One of the two covers known from Handaokhetze, confirming the location of F.P.O. No. 28 at this station. The registration label and Type 2B cancellation (with figure ‘2’ at sides) have not been recorded previously.