Lot 2790

1903 Manchouli Station (25 Jun) to Vladivostok. Russian 10k stationery cover, uprated by 1k in block of 4, tied by scarce Manchouli Station T&S type 1 cds., alongside with registered label. Transit Chinese Eastern Railway line 261 (25 Apr) with also scarce T&S type 1 cds. T&S did not record any example of Manchouli Station type 1 cds. T&S also stated that postal material from line 261 during the early 1900s are also scarce as only a few loose stamps of CER line 261 type 1 cds were recorded.

1903.6.25 滿洲里車站寄海參崴。俄國10戈比郵資封，背加貼1戈比四方連，銷少見之滿洲里車站T&S 1型日戳，另貼掛號標籤。4.25經中東鐵路261線，鈐同樣少見之T&S 1型日戳。滿洲里車站1型日戳極為難得，T&S未見任何存世例子。而1900年代初之中東鐵路261線存世例子亦甚罕，T&S記錄之1型日戳存世例子僅有數枚散票。