Lot no. 1376

1903 RUSSIAN POST OFFICES IN CHINA Registered cover to Paris (receiver on reverse) sent from Tientsin with 5 kop stamps in block of 4 with KITAI overprints, cancelled with typical defective strikes of the Tientsin canceller, and most notably late use of the large white provisional registration label of Tientsin, illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt page 186