MONGOLIA

MONGOLIA MONGOLIA: Offices in China Red Band envelope 1915 (14 11) franked 1910 1k. orange yellow and 4k. carmine, blue overprint, 10k. blue and 15k. dull violet & blue, black overprint (24, 30, 33, 36), all tied by Urga Nov. 14 1915 double-circle datestamps (Hellrigl Ty. 7b) with additional strike at left on registered red band cover to Jersey City, N.J., French inscribed Urga international registry label (Hellrigl Ty. 14, ‘RRR’ one or two covers known) and violet ‘REGISTERED’ handstamp which also ties 10k. and 15k. stamps, additional Urga (Nov. 17) dispatch, Japanese Yokohama (Dec. 14) and Seattle transit and Jersey City (Jan. 5, 1916) arrival backstamps. Very fine. A spectacular four colour combination of the ‘Kitai’ overprinted stamps on a registered cover to New Jersey - a particularly rare destination. The only recorded use of the registry label on cover.
The ‘Kitai’ overprints on cover originating in Mongolia are quite scarce. Hellrigl (p. 48-49) estimate 30-40 covers are known. These stamps were not sold at post offices in Mongolia and were only valid for use in Chinese post offices - Peking, Tientsin, Shanghai, Hankow, and Chefoo. Therefore these stamps must have been brought in by the sender and tolerated by the post offices. According to Hellrigl, the is the only recorded use of this Urga international registry label on cover. The use of the United States is also noteworthy as only a handful of covers are recorded to this destination.
Ex Casey. Illustrated in Hellrigl The Postal History of Mongolia: 1841-1941 (p. 48)

MONGOLIA: Offices in China Red Band envelope 1915 (14 11) franked 1910 1k. orange yellow and 4k. carmine, blue overprint, 10k. blue and 15k. dull violet & blue, black overprint (24, 30, 33, 36), all tied by Urga Nov. 14 1915 double-circle datestamps (Hellrigl Ty. 7b) with additional strike at left on registered red band cover to Jersey City, N.J., French inscribed Urga international registry label (Hellrigl Ty. 14, ‘RRR’ one or two covers known) and violet ‘REGISTERED’ handstamp which also ties 10k. and 15k. stamps, additional Urga (Nov. 17) dispatch, Japanese Yokohama (Dec. 14) and Seattle transit and Jersey City (Jan. 5, 1916) arrival backstamps. Very fine. A spectacular four colour combination of the ‘Kitai’ overprinted stamps on a registered cover to New Jersey - a particularly rare destination. The only recorded use of the registry label on cover. The ‘Kitai’ overprints on cover originating in Mongolia are quite scarce. Hellrigl (p. 48-49) estimate 30-40 covers are known. These stamps were not sold at post offices in Mongolia and were only valid for use in Chinese post offices - Peking, Tientsin, Shanghai, Hankow, and Chefoo. Therefore these stamps must have been brought in by the sender and tolerated by the post offices. According to Hellrigl, the is the only recorded use of this Urga international registry label on cover. The use of the United States is also noteworthy as only a handful of covers are recorded to this destination. Ex Casey. Illustrated in Hellrigl The Postal History of Mongolia: 1841-1941 (p. 48)

Covers and stamps / Mongolia

£4650