Auction #39

Russia & Area. Russia Offices in China. Registered envelope sent on 1/7/1903 from Russo-Chinese Bank branch of Shanghai (on back trilingual wax seal) to Meistersdorf Austria via Siberia, showing on back Port Arthur and Moskow transit postmark on 24/6/03 and on 13/7/03. With registered paper label "ШАНХАИ Заграничная ПОЧТ. КОН." This cover was franked 20kp by pair of 10kp blue stamp overprinted "КИТАЙ" (Michel n 7x) killed by "ШАНХАИ ПОЧТОВАЯ КОНТОРА" (Shanghai Postal Office). Arrived in on 20/7/1903. SCARCE REGISTERED COVER.