U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 8-9, 2006
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2171 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1899 5k lilac, "Kitai" overprint shifted and split, creating an interesting and unusual variety Catalog #4var | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #2172 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1904 3.50r variety, imperf. horizontally at top and bottom, v.f. used, rare Catalog #20var | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #2173 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1906 5k block of four, cancelled by two strikes of double oval "Steamship Co. R.V.A.P. 26.1..." (The Russian East-Asiatic Steampship Company) in blue (Tchil. Type 1, fig. 528), fine and rare, ex-Liphschutz  | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2174 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1908 cover from the "Melchers & Co. Shanghai" firm, franked on reverse with 2k and gutter pair of 14k, tied by three strikes of double oval "Parahod. Onsch. P.B.A.II" (Steamship Company R.V.A.P.) 30.12.1907 (Tchil. Type 1),with additional pmk on front, sent from Shanghai, via Vladivostok to Berlin, with 30.1.1908 arrival, fine and scarce ship mail from Russian East Asian Steamship Co. Ltd, with Holcombe cert., ex-Liphschutz collection  | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #2175 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1908 native red band cover franked with Russian 3k and 7k (Sc.48,50), tied by double oval "Steamship Co. R.V.A.P. 4.6.1908" (The Russian East-Asiatic Steamship Company) in blue (Tchil. Type 1, fig. 528), with additional strike alongside,sent from Vladivostok on the Far East Line to Shanghai, where it was delivered by the Russian post office and cancelled "Shanghai Poste Russe, 21.6.1908" (Tchil. type 7), v.f., no covers recorded by Tchilingirian, with Holcombe cert. | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #2176 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1910 10k dark blue, block of six, with two double oval "Vladivostok-Shanghai" Steamship 20.3.11 postmarks in dark blue (Tchil. type 6, figure 524), v.f. | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #2177 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1917 $7 on 7r, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., extremely rare, only one sheet of 25 printed, with handstamped guarantee markings * Catalog #66var | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #2178 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1916 ppc from Siberia, franked with 4k Romanov and 1k War Charity stamps, both tied by two strikes of double oval "Vladivostok-Shanghai" Steamship 25.6.16, censored in Vladivostok and sent via Shanghai (17 July) to Bermudawhere it was censored on arrival (red "P.C. Bermuda"), fine and rare ship mail cancellation to an unusual destination, with double war censor combination, with Holcombe cert., ex-Liphschutz collection | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
| Lot #2179 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1917 large newspaper wrapper "The North-China Herald Shanghai", franked with 2x4k Kitai overprints and addressed to Aberdeen, Scotland, with two violet hs "Part of Mail Captured by Germans and Delayed", wrapper extensively folded, quite rare | Price Realized $200.00 | |
 | Lot #2180 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1917 red band cover, registered from "Kashgar 8.8.17" to Tientsin, franked with 2x10k dark blue, with arrival postmarks from the Russian Post Office in Tientsin, v.f. | Unsold |
