Lot 1353

1911 Lhasa (13 Sep) to Directorate General Post, Peking. Registered cover, f.w. Tibet surch Coiling Dragon 2a + 2-1/2a + 3a, tied by Lhasa Dollar cds., alongside with registered mark. Transit Batang (4 Oct), Tatsienlu (3 Dec), Yachow (14 Dec). Arrived Peking (13 Feb). Only less than 10 covers taking Kham-Tsang Route are known to exist and all of them having the same address which were used to test the route. When the cover arrived at Peking, Qing government was already overthrown. Cover opened out for display.

1911.9.13 拉薩寄北京郵政總局。掛號封，貼西藏蟠龍4分 + 5分 + 6分，銷拉薩大圓戳，旁鈐掛號章。10.4經巴塘， 12.3經打箭爐，12.14經雅州。2.13抵北京。大清郵政康藏郵路封存世不足十件，均寄相同之收件人，顯然用於測試 中轉時間。當此封到達北京時，清朝已被推翻。封剖開以作展示。