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1928 Red Band cover franked on reverse Mongolia 25 Mung green & black tied unclear cds, KALGAN cds alongside. China 4c Junk on front tied MANCHOULI cds, ULANBATOR MONGOLIA 3 VII 28 cds alongside.

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1928 red band cvr franked on reverse Mongolia 25 Mung green & black tied unclear cds, KALGAN cds alongside. China 4c Junk on front tied MANCHOULI cds, ULANBATOR MONGOLIA 3 VII 28 cds alongside. (1 cvr) (Photo). MANEHOLI transit 20.7.28 POSTED FROM ULAN BATOR TO KALGAN (INNER MONGOLIA) WHEN THE COP DELEGATES WERE ASSEMBLED IN MOSCOW FOR THE CCP'S 6th CONGRESS, WHICH STARTED THERE ON 18 JUNE & CLOSED ON 11. JULY. COINCIDENTALLY, THE JAPANESE HAD ASSASSINATED CHANG TSO. IN IN MANCHURIA 4 WKS BEFORE THE COVER WAS SENT. Cie. ON 4. JUNE).

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Rare Stamps and Postal History of The World
Auction 58
October 12 - 26, 2026
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1926 red stripe cover to PEKING (arrival repeater) franked on reverse with 1926 20c violet POSTAGE handstamp plus UNOVERPRINTED 5c revenue tied by legible ALTAN BULAK (Altanbulak) boxed datestamp, on front MANCHOULI datestamp and violet ms. 'T' (x3) but no Chinese stamps (unusual), a rare franking
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1927 (Sep) cover to HARBIN franked on reverse with 1926 Second Definitive Issue 20m and Third Definitive Issue 5m tied by ALTAN BULAK MONGOLIA boxed datestamp. CHITA Dec 12 transit and China Postage Due 20c tied by HARBIN Dec 14 datestamp
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1928 (Aug 11) Cover from JABHOLANTO to Peking, Double-circle round postmark Jabholanto Type IV, Freepost Issue 25 Mung as standard postage for foreign letters up to 20g, Chinese additional postage 10 cents on reverse side, Arrival postmark PEKING 11.12.28
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$300
1928 (Mar) Cover from TSETSERLIG to Kalgan, franked with a 5с and pair of 10с (Mongolia) cancelled with the Tsetserlig postmark and 4c (China) cancelled with the Harbin transit postmark. Transit postmark Chita March 22, 1928, then transit postmark Harbin March 25, 1926, and then transit postmark Tientsina March 27, 1926. Mongolian foreign letter rate and China rate paid. Arrived in Kalgan
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1920 (2 Aug) Cover from BAIANTUMIN HAN to Beijing, franked with 25 mung (Mongolia) canceled with Baiantumin Han postmark and 4c with the overprint "For use in the Ki-Hei area", provisorium of Manchuria, (China) canceled with Harbin transit postmark of September 12, 1929. Mongolian foreign letter rate and China rate paid. Arrived in Beijing September 15, 1929, canceled Peping (Beijing after its renaming in 1928)
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$300
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1926 ( 22 June) Red-band cover from TSETSERLIG to Kalgan, franked 5c and 20 cents revenue with the overprint "postage" in purple (Mongolia) and two 4 cents and one 1 cent (China) cancelled with Tsetserlig postmark June 22, 1926. Transit postmark Ulan Bator June 22, 1926, then transit postmark Harbin July 15, 1926
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1926 (Aug) cover of Mongolian Central Cooperative, Urga, mailed to head office (ULANBATOR backstamp) franked on reverse with 1926 'POSTAGE' Overprinted Revenue 20c violet ovpt. tied by TSETSERLIG MANDAL MONGOLIA red boxed datestamp with additional strike alongside. Internal usages are rare. Note Cyrillic 'Urga', added to the address. Urga had been officially renamed Ulan Bator upon proclamation of the Republic in November 1924, here, nearly two years later, the old name was still being used
1926 (Aug) cover of Mongolian Central Cooperative, Urga, mailed to head office (ULANBATOR backstamp) franked on reverse with 1926 'POSTAGE' Overprinted Revenue 20c violet ovpt. tied by TSETSERLIG MANDAL MONGOLIA red boxed datestamp with additional strike alongside. Internal usages are rare. Note Cyrillic 'Urga', added to the address. Urga had been officially renamed Ulan Bator upon proclamation of the Republic in November 1924, here, nearly two years later, the old name was still being used
$400
1929 (16 Feb) Cover from JABHOLANTO to Kalgan (Hand stamp "Калган"), franked 25mung (Mongolia) cancelled with Jabholanto postmark and 4с (China) cancelled with Harbin transit postmark March 19, 1929. Mongolian foreign letter rate and China rate paid. Arrived in Kalgan March 26, 1929, postmark on the front of the envelope
1929 (16 Feb) Cover from JABHOLANTO to Kalgan (Hand stamp "Калган"), franked 25mung (Mongolia) cancelled with Jabholanto postmark and 4с (China) cancelled with Harbin transit postmark March 19, 1929. Mongolian foreign letter rate and China rate paid. Arrived in Kalgan March 26, 1929, postmark on the front of the envelope
$300
1929 (Mar 11) Red-band envelope to China showing on reverse 'Tsetserlig Mandal/Mongolia' framed origin datestamp with manuscript endorsement '25 mung levied Z. Shelyakow Postmaster' (the post office having run out of stamps) and 1926 third definitive issue 25m. later applied and cancelled by 'Ulanbator Mongolia' double-ring datestamp, with China 1923 Junk 4c on front applied as Due and cancelled by 'Harbin' bilingual c.d.s.
1929 (Mar 11) Red-band envelope to China showing on reverse 'Tsetserlig Mandal/Mongolia' framed origin datestamp with manuscript endorsement '25 mung levied Z. Shelyakow Postmaster' (the post office having run out of stamps) and 1926 third definitive issue 25m. later applied and cancelled by 'Ulanbator Mongolia' double-ring datestamp, with China 1923 Junk 4c on front applied as Due and cancelled by 'Harbin' bilingual c.d.s.
$300
1929 (Mar 4) Cover from ULANGOM to Kalgan, Double circle cancellation in black Type IV, Freepost issue 5 mung and 20 mung (25 mung total) as standard postage for foreign letter, Chinese postage 4c, Transit HARBIN c.d.s., Only 5 letters known
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1929 (Sep 2) Cover from JABHOLANTO to Kalgan, Double-circle round postmark Jabholanto Type IV, Freepost Issue 25 Mung of 1926 as standard postage for foreign letters up to 20g, Chinese additional postage 10 cents on reverse side, Arrival postmark KALGAN 29.2.29, MANCHOULI Transit postmark on reverse, Cyrillic 'KALGAN' handstamp
1929 (Sep 2) Cover from JABHOLANTO to Kalgan, Double-circle round postmark Jabholanto Type IV, Freepost Issue 25 Mung of 1926 as standard postage for foreign letters up to 20g, Chinese additional postage 10 cents on reverse side, Arrival postmark KALGAN 29.2.29, MANCHOULI Transit postmark on reverse, Cyrillic 'KALGAN' handstamp
$300
1929 (February) red-stripe cover to Kalgan (two red private handstamps and arrival datestamp) franked with 1926 25m tied by very rare JABHOLANTO datestamp and on reverse China 4c Junk tied by HARBIN transit
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$500
1926 Cover from Harbin to TSETSERLIG Mandal via Ulanbator, franked with 5c, 20c, of 1926 Temporary issue with violet overprints, and 3c, 6c Chinese Junk issue
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$400
1926 red-stripe cover franked with 1925 25m tied by JABHOLANTO MONGOLIA datestamp, and on reverse by China junk 1c & 3c tied by MANCHOULI datestamps.
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