【Autumn 2023 Sales Special Features: Preculiar cover from Mongolia to Shanghai via Siberia】
1908 Kiachta (11 Aug) to Shanghai. Registered red band cover, f.w. Coiling Dragon 2c in block of 8 on reverse, tied by Mongolia Kiachta lunar year cds, matching with extremely rare vertical Kiachta type 1 registered mark on front. Transit Harbin (17 Aug). Arrived Shanghai (23 Aug). This cover was opened out for display. Very preculiar example from Mongolia to Shanghai via Siberia, not to mention the exceptional cancellation.
【秋拍拍品介紹：蒙古經西伯利亞寄上海之奇特郵戳】
1908.8.11 恰克圖寄上海。挂號紅條封，背貼蟠龍2分八方連，銷少見之蒙古恰克圖腰框干支日戳，正面另鈐極珍貴之恰克圖type 1直式挂號章。8.17經哈爾濱。8.23抵上海。此封被剖開以作展示。由蒙古經西伯利亞寄上海的奇特例子，更遑論出色萬分之郵戳。