Lot# 5526

The 2024 Winter Auction - Sale 344 (December 14 - December 17, 2024)   December 14 - December 17 2024, Hong Kong

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Lot# 5526
Starting Price: 17,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 17,000 HK$
1915 western style cover franked on front Junk 10c, canceled Shekchuenhsien 1915.2.16 cds., addressed to England and endorsed Via Siberia at top left,

with a fine array of transit backstamps of CHUNGKIANGHSIEN showing MIN GUO FOURTH YEAR 1915.2.19, Mienchuhsien, Wanhsien, Hankow, Peking-Moukden Bureau Ambulant datestamp, arriving Ramsgatge 29 MR 1915. It took 29 days for the cover to travel from Peking-Mpoukden Railway to destination, evidencing that the "Via Siberia" mail service was somewhat affected by World War I.

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