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1898 (8 Apr) registered (without the registry etiquette, manuscript endorsement at left) red band cover to Peking, franked with Russian 20k carmine & blue, tied by "KULDZHA SEMIP.OB Pocht. Tel.Kont." (Kuldja, province of Semi-Palatinsk, Tchilingirian Fig.404), additional strikes repeated alongside and on front, showing transit postmark of Troitskozavodsk, some additional chops, fine and scarce usage (Kudja, transliterated from Uyghur as Gulja, is a city within the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China)
Estimate: $2500