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Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2063

Sinkiang
Chinese Republic Post
Yili Provisional Stamps of 1912
3c. orange and violet in a vertical pair cancelled by a large part strikes of Jinghe (Manass) Agency Post Office cancellation (without date); the printing is incomplete in the top right corner and there are some faults including thins and small tears from when these stamps were on the cover. This pair is from the 1912 (7 May) double registered cover from Jinghe to Hunan province which originally carried eight of these provisional stamps. Photo

literature:
Postal History of Xinjiang; Wong and Xie, 2016 (illustrated page 71)

Sold for
HK$100,000