Lot 1111
1897 (17 Feb.) registered envelope (170 x 150mm) to Dillingen, Saar (8.4) "via Sibirien", bearing 50pf lilac brown (Michel 50d) vertical pair, cancelled by "Tientsin/Kaiserl. Deutsche Postagentur" c.d.s., provisional registration label (in use 1896-97), faint age spotting and cover tear at right which does not affect stamp, Very Fine and early routing through Siberia.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Before the Trans-Siberian Railway was finished and a scheduled service was begun in sections, the German Postal Agency in Tientsin conducted trials to transport mail via Siberia through the Russian Post Office from May, 1896. This route took 20 days longer than the normal service.
Reference:
Friedemann-Berichte 3441.
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| Realized $5,250 |
