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Auction: 11005 - The Mizhuhara Collection of Mongolian Stamps
Lot: 1504

Mongolia Russian Post Office Urga Type I, Straight Line 1879 (29 Apr.) red band envelope to Waikwan, Peking bearing, on the reverse, vertical pair of Russian Arms 8k. pale carmine and grey tied by two strikes of the unframed, straight-line Urga in red; there is also a very faint boxed handstamp tying the second adhesive and with arrival notation (15.5). Some cover faults, particularly in one corner. A unique and highly important exhibition item, the key item for a collection of the Russian Post Offices in Mongolia Estimate HK$ 200,000-250,000 provenance: E.M. Tolman, November 1985 literature: Stamps of the Russian Empire Used Abroad, Tchilingharian and Stephen (illustrated)

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HK$450,000