Lot# 8021

The 2022 Winter Auction - Sale 339   17th to 20th December 2022, Hong Kong

Lot# 8021
Starting Price: 4,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 28,000 HK$
1903 (Oct) Imperial 2nd postal card, reply portion of double card, from Szechuan Paoning to England, via Shanghai and Siberia,

mixed franking with CIP 1c x 3 and Russian PO in China 2k x 2, tied by Paoning PO tombstone cancels and Russian PO (probably Shanghai) cds, along with Chungking (Oct 11), Shanghai Chinese PO (Oct 27) and unclear Russian PO transit cds.

It is the earliest recorded Trans-Siberian Railway mail from Szechuan Province.