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1908 Red band cover franked on reverse with Russia 1902 3k & 7k tied by TROITSKOSAVSK 4 POCHT. TEL. KONT 4 datestamp, alongside Cyrillic 'To Kalgan Tchen Tchuanda', addressed in Chinese from Kyakhta (Mongolian side of border) to Kalgan, rare routing
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1908 Red band cover franked on reverse with Russia 1902 3k & 7k tied by TROITSKOSAVSK 4 POCHT. TEL. KONT 4 datestamp, alongside Cyrillic "To Kalgan Tchen Tchuanda," addressed in Chinese from Kyakhta branch of the firm Ching Chuen Tat Chi to their head office at "Ching Lung Lane, Lower Castle, Tung Kuo, Eastern Mouth [in Great Wall] Kalgan".

Kyakhta was on the Mongolian side of the Russo-Mongolian border, Troitskosavsk on the Russian side. Rare routing through this office.
Type: Postal History
Condition: Used
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Russian Post Offices in Urga, Mongolia - Auction #42

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