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Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2229

Sinkiang
Chinese Republic Post
Incoming Mail
1927 (4 Sept.) envelope double registered to Wilchelm Filchner, German Explorer in Kashgar bearing, on the reverse, second Peking print 1c. and 4c. (7) tied by Peking c.d.s., with Tihwa transit (17.10) and Shufu (Kashgar) arrival (31,10); redirected to Calcutta, India with "amb. tarvisio venezia 190" transit (12.12) and Calcutta arrival (19.12); the address side with Peking red on white registration label and "A.R." handstamp. A very interesting cover. Photo

Wilhelm Filchner (1877 – 1957) was a German explorer. He travelled in the Pamir ranges, Tibet and the Antarctic. The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in the Antarctic is named after him.

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HK$11,000