Lot# 5274

The 2025 December Auction - Sale 346 (December 13 - December 16, 2025) December 13 - December 16 2025, Hong Kong

during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, franked with a Japanese Kiku 3s paying the equivalent of the contemporary domest

Lot# 5274

Starting Price: 6,000 HK$

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Cover mailed during the Ching postal rate reduction period - 1920 (July 1) red band cover sent from Russian-administered Harbin to Hwanghsien, Shantung,

during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, franked with a Japanese Kiku 3s paying the equivalent of the contemporary domestic letter rate. As the postage was paid with a Japanese stamp not recognized by the Chinese postal authorities, the cover was treated as unpaid, with three “T” due handstamps applied on reverse. A rare example of such postal treatment during this period.