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Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2216

Sinkiang
Chinese Republic Post
Overprinted Stamps
1933 (2 Dec.) red band envelope registered to Sinhsien bearing, on the reverse, 1924-36 10c. (5) tied by Tahcheng (Tarbagatai - Chugutchak) with the arrival c.d.s. (22.1) alongside, the address side with a good strike of the boxed registered handstamp; light soiling. Paying international rate of 25c. plus 25c registration. Photo

After the Japanese occupation of Manchuria and the inauguration of Manchukuo the Chinese post could not use the China Eastern Railway so needed to use the Trans-Siberial Railway to reach Vladivostok before the mail could be sent on

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HK$17,000