Lot 3142

1915 Tihwa (22 Apr) to Turfan. Large official cover, f.w. Coiling Dragon London ovpt. ROC 1c x11, tied by Tihwa cds. Arrived Turfan (25 Apr). Coiling Dragon ovpt. ROC issues were ordered to be withdrawn from usage in Mar 1914 but they were still in use in Sinkiang until May 1915. It is the second latest recorded example.

1915.4.22 迪化寄吐魯番。大型公文封，貼楷字蟠龍1分x9，銷迪化府腰框日戳。4.25抵吐魯番。民國蟠龍票於1914年3月已頒令停用，但在新疆則一直使用至1915年5月。此為第二晚的例子