1925 (Oct 6) Registered cover from ALTAN BULAK (Altanbulak) to Ugra, Handstamp 'ALTAN BULAK R 398', Postage 4 x 10 cents (40 cents) as the correct postage rate for domestic registered mail: Standard postage for domestic letters of the 1st weight class up to 20 g and domestic registered mail 20 cents each, Arrival stamp URGA Type VII b 20.12.25, 10c Perforation 13.5

Asia / Mongolia

Provenance: Ex Dr. Orth collection.

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Rare Stamps and Postal History of The World

Auction 50

April 14 - 25, 2026

United States , Black Mountain , NC

Auction presents an exceptional selection of highly specialized collections - Germany, Russia, Poland, Ukraine, China, Mongolia, and The World.

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1929 (luly) cover to HARBIN (Aug 16 backstamp) with Cyrilic/English printed return of Commercial &Industrial Bank of Mongolia, franked on reverse with 1926-7 25m tied by JABHOLANTO MONGOLIA July 6 datestamp, with VLADIVOSTOK August 2 transit on front. An extraordinary routing as the Chinese Eastern Railway went directly to Harbin from Manchuli at the Mongolian border; Vladivostok was the eastern terminus of the C.E.R., some 300 miles beyond Harbin. Perhaps there were difficulties at the border

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