
Lot
577
Russian Offices in China, 1899, 5k Red Violet, Blue Overprint, in combination with 1899, 10k dark blue, red overprint on Soochow picture postcard, sent during Russo Japanese war from Shanghai, carried by Chinese Eastern Railway steamer "Mongolia" operating during RJ war period under Red Cross flag, via Dalny and Port Arthur and through Siberia & Moscow to Switzerland; card chipping at right, F.-V.F., a rare example of mail carried by CER steamers. Scott No. 4+6 Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized: $200