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1917 (6 Apr) Censored cover, rare route from Urga to Peking via Vladivostok, bearing on the reverse 1909 issue 10k, cancelled with the Urga Type 7b datestamp. Peking Russian P.O. datestamp, Peking Chinese P.O. datestamp. Double censor handstamp

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1917 (6 April, Julian calendar) Red band censored cover from Urga, via Vladivostok, to Peking, bearing on the reverse 1909 issue 10k, cancelled with the Urga Type 7b datestamp. Peking Russian P.O. datestamp (27 April) on the front. Peking Chinese P.O. datestamp on the reverse (10 May, Gregorian calendar). Strikes of the boxed censor handstamp of Vladivostok in purple are on the front and reverse, respectively. The routing via Vladivostok is very rare. Ex Tolman collection. From 13 February 1918, Russia adopted the Gregorian calendar
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February 3 - 14, 2025
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The Empire and Zemstvo, offices abroad, Civil War and Czechoslovak Legion, Soviet varieties and chronology, Russian post in Mongolia, charity letter sheets, Ukraine and DP camps. Germany and colonies, occupations, Sudetenland, Third Reich propaganda, world locals and 19th-century classics complete the sale.

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