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Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2024

Sinkiang
Russian Post Office
Kashgar
1893 (28 July) envelope addressed to the Royal Geographical Society in London bearing Arms 2k., 3k. and 5k. tied by Osh c.d.s. with another strike alongside. London arrival on the reverse (31.8).


Carried by Consular Mail to catch the Trans-Caspian railway. According to the records of the Royal Geographical Society, the sender was Sir John Littledale, who was in Kashgar at this time. The letter was carried to Osh via the Pamir Mountains


Fresh and fine, a delightful three-colour franking paying the 10k. internatinal rate. Photo

Kashgar is an oasis city and geographically is one of the westernmost cities of China, located near the border with Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

Kashgar has been a major commercial centre for a very long time. It is the meeting point where the north and south branches of the Silk Road coming from China. Close to this city stands the Stone Tower where Chinese Caravans exchanged their goods against those brought by Western traders coming from Persia, Syria and the Roman world.

Sold for
HK$11,000