U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History

1917 (26 June) registered red band cover franked with ordinary Russian 10k and 3x10k/7k, paying 40k from Kashgar to Tientsin, stamps tied by "Kashgar Kit. Vlad." (Kashgar Kitayskiya Vladenya or Kashgar Chinese Possessions, Tchilingirian Fig.424), with additional strike on front and "Tientsin Poste Russe" (8.8.17) arrival alongside, Chinese re-seal label and various red chops, fine and impressive usage from Kashgar (Kashgar is a city in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in China's far west. It was a stop on the Silk Road, with its history stretching over 2,000 years)
Estimate: $2500