KULDJA: 1879 Registered cover from Kuldja to Taganrog (Russia),
with 1879 7k pair tied by “KULDJIAN POSTAL BRANCH / PROVINCE
KULDJA: 1879 Registered cover from Kuldja to Taganrog (Russia),
with 1879 7k pair tied by “KULDJIAN POSTAL BRANCH / PROVINCE OF
SEMIRYECHENSK” (the Seven Rivers) 24.05.79 cds with further strike
above, Taganrog bs & manuscript annotation in Russian “Taken out of
a (mail) box 24 May”, slightly reduced at top and some light
soiling. The only known example from the period of Russian
occupation of Kuldja. The earliest item of mail from the Russian
post in Sinkiang, the earliest known cancellation of Kuldja, of
unrecorded type.
固扎爾（伊犁）：1879 年掛號信封，從伊犁寄往俄羅斯塔甘羅格，貼 1879 年 7 戈比雙連票，銷 “七河省/固扎爾郵政分局”
1879 年 5 月 24 日戳（戳面上方有重覆蓋印），塔甘羅格到達戳及俄文手稿批註 “於 5 月 24
日從信箱開出”。信封頂部略有裁切，輕微污漬。此為已知最早的固扎爾郵戳，戳式未被記錄，是俄羅斯佔領伊黎河谷期間唯一已知的郵件實例，也是俄羅斯在新疆郵政的最早實寄封，獨一無二。
Provenance: Dr Raymond Casey. 2012.12.12 Feldman Sales, lot 10159,
realized EUR 500,000. 源流：凱西舊藏。2012年富門拍賣，以50萬歐元成交。
