Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

1897 (December 12): Légation des Pays Bas en China diplomatic cover to Haarlem, franked with vertical pair of 1889 10 k. dark blue on horizontally laid paper, tied by Peking cds, carried first by the Chinese Eastern Railway, later via the Trans-Siberian Railway, multiple transit/arrival backstamps including Moscow (20 Jan) and Haarlem (4 Feb), intact wax seal of the Legation on reverse, front with violet OBESSARESHENO disinfection straight-line, light edge creasing, scarce.