U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 9-10, 2005
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2340 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1902 ppc from Shanghai to St.Petersburg, franked with 1k and 2k "Kitai" overprints, sent via Port Arthur, with two diff. transit and arrival postmarks, v.f.  | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #2341 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1910 registered cover from Skobolievo, franked on reverse with pair of 7k blue, sent to Dvunsk, with arrival pmk. Skobolievo was formerly "Novyi Magelan", a place from which all mail to and from Sinkiang was handled. This city eventuallybecame "Fergana" in Uzbekistan, ex-Soviet Central Asia | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2342 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1910 ppc from Harbin with motherly routine "sending you tuition money" message to her student son in Moscow. By the time the card arrived in Moscow, the poor student was arrested, apparently for political reasons. The card was re-directedto jail and censored (blue "Censored - Prosecutor, Moscow District" handstamp). Highly unusual Chinese Eastern Railway & political censorship combination illustrating the vastness & resulting communication difficulties in the old Russia | Price Realized $500.00 |
| Lot #2343 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1911 two ppcs (with native scenes) to France, both with oval Vokzal (railroad station) cancels of Manchuria, v.f. | Unsold | |
| Lot #2344 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1917, Apr.15 unfranked postcard from Shanghai (Tchil. type 8 canc.), written by a Pole in the Russian Army to a fellow compatriot officer, red censor handstamp, fine and rare WWI military usage from China | Price Realized $200.00 | |
 | Lot #2345 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1917 registered cover from Tientsin to Berezovka, with pre-printed Red Cross/Prisoner of War information, Japanese Post Office & Changchun (Manchuria) transit markings, with partial wax seals & arrival pmk, fine and scarce POW cover | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2346 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1917 4c on 4k carmine, triple surcharge, l.h., v.f. and rare * Catalog #53var | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #2347 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1917 "7 Dollars" on 7r, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee. A very rare stamp, only 25 issued, listed but unpriced in Yvert * Catalog #66var | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #2348 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1918 registered money letter from Kuldza, sent via Harbin and the Russian Post Office in Tientsin to Eutaiho, franked on reverse with Russian 10k, 20k (4), 1r (3) and single 7r, paying a total of 10r90k, with Japanese P.O. in Changchun transit and Yumaikho arrival pmks, one wax seal removed from back, others intact, some flaws, otherwise fine and rare cover | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #2349 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1920 4c and 5c inverted surcharges, also 5c double surcharge, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #75a,80a,80b Catalog Value 470+ | Price Realized $350.00 |
