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Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2219

Sinkiang
Chinese Republic Post
Overprinted Stamps
1934 (26 Mar.) commercial envelope registered to Berlin "Via Tacheng - Moscow - Berlin" bearing, on the reverse, 1916-19 1c. (10) with 1932-38 London overprint 15c. blue-green (2) and 1933-28 Martyrs 10c. (covered) tied by neat Tihwa (Urumtsi) c.d.s., with Tahcheng transit (2.5) and Berlin arrival (25.5) with a good example of the Provincial censor seal type 6 (covering the 10c. stamp); the address side with two strikes of the despatch c.d.s., one dated 28.4, and the boxed registered handstamp. A very neat envelope which was delayed by a month in Tihwa, scarce use of these Sun Yat Sen stamps. Photo

Sold for
HK$16,000