Lot 3104

Guangxu / Kuang Hsu Year 7 (1881) Yizhan official cover from Tihwa to Turfan, with "Express Delivery" cachet and official seal. Sinkiang Yizhan mails dated before 1884, the establishment of Sinkiang province, are scarce.

光緒七年（1881）驛站公文封，自迪化寄吐魯番，鈐“馬上飛遞”指示戳及官印。出自1884年新疆建省前之驛站公文少見。