U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 17-18, 2015
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1250 RUSSIA Russian Offices in China 1903-1917 balance of a specialized collection, partly written up on pages, 60+ covers, cards, plus stationery items, including Russia-China combination franking (originating from Newchang, via Tientsin where 20c C.I.P. franking was added for further transmission via Siberia to England), 1904 Russo-Japanese War including a fine example of Detained Mail (cover sent in 1904 and delivered two years later, with special label indicating it was taken by the Japanese at Port Arthur), examples of Russian Offices in Tientsin (Romanov franking), general offices postmarks, registered mail, Russian Post office in Kashgar, censor markings, also couple of later items incl. 1945 Soviet-Japanese War card, etc. An important group, of considerable specialist interest  | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1251 RUSSIA Russian Offices in China 1913 (30 Nov) registered red-band cover to Vladivostok, franked on back with 2x7k Romanov, tied by two strikes of "Ashikhe St.Kit. Vost. Zhe. D." (Ashikhe Chinese Eastern Railway Station), with additional strike on front, along with the registration label, Vladivostok arrival (2 Dec 13), fine and spectacular exhibition piece. Ashikhe (in Chinese A-Cheng) is a station of the C.E.R. (Line 263/264). While Tchilingirian states that only one cover is known (this one, ex-Salisbury), another cover used in 1917 (ex-Dr.Casey) was sold for €4,080 in 2013 | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
