Lot 2707

1898 Peking (4 Feb) to Columbia. Registered 4k stationery card, uprated by Coat of Arms 10k, tied by Peking Russian PO type 4 cds. Transit Troitskosavsk (19 Feb), Deutsch-Amerikanische Seepost (9 Mar), New York (7 Apr). Arrived Bogota (2 May). This mail was sent just before the Russian occupation of Liaotung Peninsula which led to a shorter route via Port Arthur. Highly unusual registered card from Russian PO to South America.

1898.2.4 北京寄哥倫比亞。掛號俄國4戈比郵資片，加貼軍徽圖10戈比，銷北京俄局type 4日戳。2.19經恰克圖，3.9經德國-美國海郵。4.7經紐約。5.2抵波哥大。此信在俄國佔領遼東半島前寄出。在佔領後，更便捷的旅順郵路開通。經俄局寄南美之掛號片，相當難得。