Lot# 9255
The 2023 Summer Auction - Sale 340 24th to 28th June 2023, Hong Kong
Lot# 9255
Starting Price: 3,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 4,000 HK$
1898 (Oct 3) incoming cover from Nagasaki to a lieutenant onboard Russian warship Sivotch in Port Arthur,
f.w. Japanese Koban 5s, tied by Nagasaki cds., along with Russian Consul at Chefoo transit mark. On reverse with Shanghai Japanese IJPO (Oct 10), Shanghai Dollar transit (Oct 10) and Chefoo Dollar transit (Oct 13) cds. As Port Arthur was not Treaty Port, extra inland fee was needed for transfering from Chefoo to Port Arthur. The Sino-Russian Secret Treaty in 1896 allowed Russian warships entered China Port freely. Early Russia item to Port Arthur after the lease of Port Arthur in 1898.