1915, from Peking to Tientsin, official Chinese Republic Telegraph
Administration form dated 19.8.1915, used by the
1915, from Peking to Tientsin, official Chinese Republic Telegraph
Administration form dated 19.8.1915, used by the k.u.k.
Marinedetachement in Peking, bearing violet handstamp at top right
KuK Marinedetachement Peking and large purple oval handstamp THE
CHINESE REPUBLIC TELEGRAPH ADMINISTRATION, destination written as
Tientsin, internal accounting noted as Account, fee listed as 63
cents for domestic telegram, printed header of The Chinese
Telegraph Administration, usage from the Austro-Hungarian military
mission during their final years in China before withdrawal under
wartime pressure, extremely rare example of Austro-Hungarian
civil-military interaction via Chinese infrastructure during a
period of global war and diplomatic isolation, XF! Estimate 900€.
