33rd International Auction

Besonderheiten - 1907. AUSTRIAN MILITARY DETACHMENT IN CHINA: 1907. Registered envelope (vertical fold) addressed to Wien, Austria bearing Austria Yvert 86, 10k carmine and Yvert 88, 25k blue tied by K.U.K. Gesandtschafts/ Wach Detachement/ Peking' with 'R/S.M. Schiff in Peking' orange yellow registered label. Very fine and scarce item of registered mail from the Austrian Detachment in Peking, China. After the Boxer Rebellion the Austro-Hungarian kept a Detachment of Marines deployed at the Austrian Embassy in Peking. Catalog Price 1600,00