U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 20-21, 2016
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 | Lot #1018 RUSSIA Russian Offices in China 1900 (26 Nov) Tientsin picture postcard sent to a soldier at Shanghaikwang (following the Boxer Uprising), franked with 1k orange, tied by No3 F.P.O. - Priamur Region cds, alongside Chinese transit "Chili (Province) Tientsin" pmk, repeated on the address portion, fine, early usage of the FPO No.3 pmk
| Unsold
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 | Lot #1019 RUSSIA Russian Offices in China 1907 (15 Nov) picture postcard from Chuguchak to Paris, franked with 4k Imperial Arms (unoverprinted), tied by "Chuguchak within China" cds, little card ageing, otherwise fine and extremely rare usage (there are several known registered letters, but this might be the only recorded postcard paying 4k rate) (Chuguchak, in Chinese, T'ach'eng, is a city in Northwest China, in the Sinkiang-Uighur Autonomous Region. Situated in the southern foothills of the Tarbagatai Range, near the border with Russia)
| Price Realized $6,750.00
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