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Russian Offices Abroad: China, Levant, Crete, Mongolia

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #46
Auction 46
September, 2025
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1900 (May) Cover to MARION (USA) franked with Russia 10k tied by URGA datestamp Type 4 with backstamps of TROITSKOSAVSK, MOSKVA, and NEW YORK. Earliest recorded Russian Offices cover from Mongolia to a destination other than Russia or China
Current Bid:
$1,000
$100
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1903 Red band cover franked on reverse with Russia 1889 4k & 1889-92 1k strip of three tied by URGA Type 4A datestamps
Current Bid:
$250
$100
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1903 Red band cover franked on reverse with Russia 1889-92 3k pair & single tied by URGA Type 4 datestamp
Current Bid:
$250
$100
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1903 Red band envelope to Peking bearing 14 kop. cancelled by 'Urga/Pochtov Kontora/1' Type 4 c.d.s. and additionally tied by arrival c.d.s.
Current Bid:
$200
$100
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1903 (22 Nov) Red band cover from Urga to Peking via Troitskosavsk, bearing on the reverse 1889 issue 7 kop. cancelled with the Urga Type 4 datestamp in Violet. Violet Urga datestamps are rare. One of the earliest cover sent by Eastern Chinese Railway
Current Bid:
$400
$100
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1904 (13 July) Red band cover from Urga to Peking, bearing on the reverse 1889 issue 7k, cancelled with the Urga Type 4 datestamp. The digits of the day (13) are set normally, which is unusual, impression does not show common 'slanting 13′ variety
Current Bid:
$350
$100
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1905 (May) Red band cover franked on reverse with Russia 1902 7k tied by URGA 1 POCHTOV. KONTOR. 1 Type 4A datestamp. Kalgan red Cyrillic directional handstamp alongside. Ex Liphschutz, signed Holcombe
Current Bid:
$300
$100
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1905 (3 Dec) Quadruple-rate red band cover to KALGAN, addressed in Chinese on front with destination stencilled in Russian in red on reverse. franked on reverse pair & single 10k 1889-92 issue, representing 2k overpaid. Stamps cancelled URGA Type 4
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$300
$100
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1905 Red band cover franked on reverse with Russia 1902 7k tied by URGA 1 POCHTOV.KONTORA 1 datestamp, alongside KALGAN Cyrillic directional handstamp.
Current Bid:
$275
$100
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1905 (5 Jan) Red band cover originating at the Chinese PO at Ku Lun, with Chinese franking partially removed, forwarded by Russian PO, with 7x3k, tied by Urga cds, with Kalgan arrival in red. It was intercepted by Russians who tore off the Chinese stamps
Current Bid:
$900
$100
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1906 (6 July) Commercial Mail red band cover from Urga (Type 4) to Kalgan with a 7k stamp tied by above postmark
Current Bid:
$275
$100
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1907 (1 Jan) Red band cover from Urga to Kalgan, bearing on the reverse 1889 issue 7 kop. cancelled with the Urga Type 4 datestamp
Current Bid:
$200
$100
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1907 (Feb) Red band cover franked on reverse with 1902 pair tied by identifiable URGA Type 4 datestamps.
Current Bid:
$250
$100
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1907 (October) Red band cover franked on reverse with 1889 4k & 1889-92 3k tied by URGA Type 4 datestamp
Current Bid:
$275
$100
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1907 (13 March) cover to Hull (England) franked with 10k (1902-05) tied by URGA Type 4 datestamp, with TROITSKOSAVSK VA BAIKOV transit and HULL arrival. Scarce destination and a rare routing. Use of this 10k stamp is very rare
Current Bid:
$350
$100
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"1907 (Feb) Cover to Hull, England bearing 20k, cancelled by ""Urga/Pochtov. Kontora/1"" c.d.s. (slanting day figure ""13"", Tchilingirian Type 4b var) very scarce routing"
Current Bid:
$250
$100
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1907 (30 Jan) Cover to HULL (England), franked 10k 1902-05 issue on reverse and cancelled URGA Type 4 with another impression on front. Use of this 10k stamp is exceptional and very rare
Current Bid:
$200
$100
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1908 (4 Aug) Red band cover franked on reverse with unoverprinted 1902 7k strip of three tied by URGA datestamp with large year date (Type 4D, better shown by an additional strike on front). A rare cancel, especially on cover.
Current Bid:
$400
$100
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1908 Red band cover franked on reverse with Russia 1902 7k & 14k tied by URGA 1 POCHTOV.KONTORA 1 datestamp. A scarce triple-weight cover.
Current Bid:
$300
$100
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1908 (March) Red band cover franked on reverse with Russia 1902 7k strip of three tied by URGA 1 POCHTOV. KONTOR. 1 Type 4A (Tchilingirian) datestamps. A scarce triple-weight cover. Ex-Liphschutz, signed Holcombe.
Current Bid:
$300
$100
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1908 (21 Dec) Red band cover from Urga to Kalgan, double-rate letter bearing on the reverse pair of 1889 issue 7 kop., cancelled with the Urga Type 4 datestamp in black. On the same day, the same datestamp was also struck in violet. Ex Tolman collection.
Current Bid:
$250
$100
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1908 (21 Dec) Red band cover from Urga to Kalgan, double-rate letter bearing on the reverse pair of 1889 issue 7 kop., cancelled with the Urga Type 4 datestamp in violet. Violet strikes of this datestamp are very rare. Ex Tolman collection
Current Bid:
$350
$100
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1908 (18 Feb) Red band registered cover from Urga to Kalgan, bearing on reverse a partial franking (originally 14 kop.) of the 1889 issue. Ex Tolman collection
Current Bid:
$400
$100
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1908 (19 Jul) Red band cover sent from Urga (Mongolia) to Peking franked with 3 x 7k tied by Urga Type 4 datestamp
Current Bid:
$250
$100