Lot 2602

1878 Peking (Jan) to France via Kiachta, f.w. Coat of Arms 8k, tied by scarce T&S type 2 "PEKIN" Russian horizontal h.s.. Transit Kiachta Russian PO with (1 Feb) with also scarce Hellrigl type 5 cds. Further transit St. Petersburg (9 Mar), Paris (24 Mar). Arrived Lyon (26 Mar). Example of Kalgan-Urga-Kiachta route. A rarity for both Russian Post in China and Mongolian postal history. Illustration fig 30, p. 56 in "The Postal History of Mongolia 1841-1941" by W C Hellrigl.

1878.1 北京經恰克圖寄俄國，貼軍徽圖8戈比，銷難得之T&S 2型“PEKIN”俄文橫戳。2.1經恰克圖俄局，另鈐同樣少見之Hellrigl 5型日戳。3.9經聖彼得堡，3.24經巴黎。3.26巴黎。張家口-庫倫-恰克圖郵路之例子。不論對俄國在華客郵或蒙古郵政史而言均為珍品。Hellrigl著《The Postal History of Mongolia 1841-1941》第56頁圖30原件。