Auction: CSS31 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 3035
Foreign Post Offices
Russian Post Office
Port Arthur: 1900 (24 Dec.) Russian 4k. postal stationery card to France, written by a member of the French Expeditionary Corps and cancelled by a light strike of the single-circle c.d.s. in purple with a second strike below and bearing an array of transit marks with Chefoo type 2 in purple (1.1), Shanghai type 1 (18.1), Shanghai bilingual c.d.s., Hong Kong (22.1), Auch arrival and redirection to Mirande (21.2). An interesting card with a lot of character. Photo
Sold for
HK$2,600