Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2234
Sinkiang
Chinese Republic Post
Incoming Mail
1927 (3 Dec.) picture post card to David Hummel in Urumchi "via Siberia and Bachti" bearing German 15pf. tied by Berlin machine postmark with Lanchow transit (24.1) and Tihwa arrival (17.2) and showing censor handstamp in red; also 1928 (21 Sept.) another picture postcard to the same recipient "via Moskwa, Semipalamisk and Bachty" bearing Italy 75c. tied by Rome machine postmark with Tihwa arrival (21.11) and square censor handstamp; both with some postmens' notations. A good pair of cards
Sold for
HK$3,000