The 2022 Winter Auction - Sale 339
17 – 20 December 2022
- (-) Remove The Artful House Collection of Trans-Siberian-Route Postal History filter The Artful House Collection of Trans-Siberian-Route Postal History
incoming cover from England, via Siberia, Peking Br. PO and Honan Chengchow, another two from Chengku and Samyuan to Europe. Former was sent via Chinese Eastern Railway, South Manchuria Railway, Peking-Hankow Railway and Chengchow. Latter two covers were sent via Chengchow and Peking-Hankow Railway to Peking and Moukden.
sent from Changsha, Boking, Tsingshih, Fankiang and Wingchow, mostly along with Hankow, Harbin and/or Moukden transit cds. and sent via Hankow or Shanghai French PO. Showing the early Trans-Siberian mail from southern part of China.
sent from Anchur, Chengtu, Chungking and Shunkingfu, mostly with Hankow and Peking transit cds. Showing the early Trans-Siberian mail from south western part of China.
uprated by CIP 1c and 2c, tied by Shansi Shalasi lunar year cds., along with Gueihwa (Sep 13), Kalgan (Sep 16), Peking Chinese PO and Peking French PO transit (Sep 19). Card toned. F-VF. 4 days were spent on Kalgan - Peking transit.
f.w CIP 10c, tied by Paotowcheng bilingual cds. On reverse with Gueihwa (Sep 21), Taitung (Sep 24), Kalgan (Sep 26), Peking Chinese PO and Peking French PO transit cds. (Sep 27). 1 day was spent on Kalgan - Peking transit, dated the 2nd day after the inauguration of Peking-Kalgan Railway.