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Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2427

Sinkiang
Kumul Rebellion
Diverted Mail
1931 (29 May) envelope to Tihwa bearing, on the reverse, 1925-35 1c. on 3c. (9) tied by Tientsin (2) c.d.s. with Lanchow transit (19.6) and Tihwa arrival 1932 (7 Apr.) with straight-line Manchouli censor handstamp in purple and Provincial censor seal type 5; the address side with further despatch c.d.s. and a good strike of the only recorded "This mail was originally indicated to take overland route through Kansu but makes detour by Russian postal route because of interception" plus an indistinct three-character handstamp. The 9c. postage rate was for inter province mail and the transit time was about ten months. A rare and important cover. Photo

The Kumul Rebellion was an uprising of Kumulik Uyghurs who conspired with Hui Chinese muslim Gen. Ma Zhongying to overthrow Jin Shuren, the governor of Sinkiang. The Kumul Uyghurs were loyalists of the Kumul Khanate and wanted to restore the heir to the Khanate and overthrow Jin. The Kuomintang wanted Jin removed because of his ties to the Soviet Union, so it approved of the operation while pretending to acknowledge Jin as governor. The rebellion then escalated into large-scale fighting as Khotanlik Uyghur rebels in southern Sinkiang started a separate rebellion for independence in collusion with Kirghiz rebels.

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HK$42,000