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Auction: CSS121 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 355

Foreign Post Offices
Russian Post Office
Chinwangtao
1903 (Feb.) envelope registered to Berlin bearing, on the reverse, C.I.P. ½c. (6), 1c. and 10c. cancelled by Chinwangtao Post Office rectangle with upper name of office, mostly covered by Russia Kitai 3k. (7, one possibly missing) cancelled by light strikes of Russian Shanghai c.d.s. with Shanghai bilingual c.d.s. (24.2), Moscow (19.3) c.d.s. and Russian Shanghai registration label; the address side (about one third missing) with part Chinwangtao registration handstamp, large "R" in circle and a good strike of "R/shanghai/No ..." registration handstamp in violet, Russian transit c.d.s. and Berlin arrival (25.3). An unusual and colourful franking. Photo

Estimate
HK$6,000 to HK$8,000

Starting price
HK$5000