Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2086
Sinkiang
Chinese Republic Post
Overprinted Stamps
1917 (9 Sept.) printed envelope registered to Switzerland "Via Shanghai ..." bearing 1915 ½c., 3c., 4c., 7c. and 10c. tied by Shufu (Kashgar) English/Chinese c.d.s. with a good strike of the registered handstamp alongside, the reverse with Tihwa, Peking and Shanghai transit c.d.s. with Moudon arrival (23.1). A fine example of the Provincial censor seal type 2 and further Italian censor handstamps on the address side. Overpaid the 20c. rate. Photo
Sold for
HK$22,000