U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 17-18, 2015

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
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
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Price Realized
$5,000.00

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