Lot 3125

1913 Tihwa (3 Mar) to Turfan via Wenbaoju. Large official cover, f.w. Coiling Dragon Commercial ovp. ROC 1c, tied by Sinkiang Tihwa cds., alongside with "Forward to Wenbaoju, Express Delivery No Delay" cachet. This Wenbaoju cachet is much rarer than the later "Sinkiang Tihwa Wenbao" registered mark. 1c is intra-city rate only as the correct intra-Sinkiang rate should be 3c, probably concessionary rate to official mail?

1913.3.3 迪化經文報局寄吐魯番。大型公文封，貼大國字蟠龍1分，銷新疆迪化府腰框日戳。另見“交文報局速遞勿延”直戳。此文報局直戳遠比後來之“新疆迪化文報”掛號橫戳難得，存世應不過數件。1分僅及本埠郵資，新疆省內郵資應為3分，可能因公文而獲優惠處理？