【Special Features: Mongolia Campaign Mail】
1914 Mongolia Expedition Force, 1914. Linsi (18.1) to Peking. Cover from the 24th Battlion of Yi Army stationed in Linsi to the Office of Northern Military in Peking. Franked with CIP overprinted ROC 3c, tied by Military Post Office 6, transit Military Relay Office 4 (23.1), arrived Peking (29.1). Scarce. The military post offices were set up to support the campaign to repulse an attempt by independent Mongolia to incorporate Inner Mongolia. In all, only a dozen such military covers survived.
Realized: HK$480,000
【拍品介紹：征蒙軍事】
民國三年征蒙軍事實寄封。毅軍第廿四營從内蒙古林西發出，寄往北京督辦北邊軍務，貼蟠龍加蓋‘中華民國’郵票3分一枚，銷“第六/軍事/郵遞所/三年正月十八”日戳，“第四/軍事/承接郵局/三年正月廿三”中轉，“北京/三年正月廿九”送達。征蒙軍事實寄封，存世只有十二件上下，是郵局辦理軍事郵件之始，素為郵人所重。
成交價: HK$480,000
