U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 13-14, 2015

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1255
RUSSIA Russian Offices in China
1903 (18 July) registered cover to England, with provisional "Pekin" registration handstamp, number filled in by hand, franked on reverse with three 10k dark blue, tied by "Pekin Pocht. Kontora" cds, Bedford transit and red London arrival pmks, fine example of this rare provisional handstamp
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #1256
RUSSIA Russian Offices in China
1904 overprinted "Kitai" in red on vertically laid paper, 10k blue, showing part of Chifu pmk, well centered, fine, very rare (Mi.7y)
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Catalog #11
Catalog Value €2,500
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1257
RUSSIA Russian Offices in China
1904-8 "7 Dollars" on 7r, surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f. and fresh, signed Romeko, only 25 (!) issued
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Catalog #22var
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #1258
RUSSIA Russian Offices in China
1917 10c on 10k dark blue and 35c on 35k brown violet & green, surcharges inverted, blocks of four, n.h., fresh and v.f.
Box **
Catalog #55a,60a
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1259
RUSSIA Russian Offices in China
1928 cover sent by Sven Hedin in Urumtchi (Sinkiang) to his wife in Stockholm, placed into the mail system in Russian Kazakhstan, franked with 50k tied by "Bakhty Dzet" cds, endorsed via "Semipaltinsk-Moskau", arriving in Sweden (25 Sep), fine cover
Envelope
Price Realized
$400.00

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