Philately: ASIA single lots including Special Catalog Malaya Auction #39 Day 3

China - Fremde Postanstalten / Foreign Offices: "PORT ARTHUR 4 / 29.12.1902" cds (Tchil type 2) on R
"PORT ARTHUR 4 / 29.12.1902" cds (Tchil type 2) on Russian postal stationery card 3 Kop. with supplementary franking 1 Kop. sent to the RARE DESTINATION TSINGTAU, KIAUTSCHOU, with transit of the russian post office in China of Chefoo and arrival of Tsingtau. Mail from Port Arthur sent to the german colony of Kiautschou is only possible from 1898 (founding of Kiautschou) and 1904 (end of the russian period of Port Arthur). This RARE ASIAN DESTINATION was not included in the Casey, Mitzuhara or Lipschutz collections of Port Arthur. Very fine.