1900年5月9日伊宁寄天津破剖挂号红条封, 封背贴14戈比邮资, 销清晰 K5A 型"1"号日戳, 另贴有俄国KR2 挂号签纸, 在封面上有5月10日的日戳, 本来这信函要经恰哈图到中国,但却经了哈萨克斯坦斯坦境内的塞米巴拉金斯克(5月19日)及俄国境内的克拉斯诺亚尔斯克(5月27日) 再由外贝加尔铁路邮局(6月1日)东行, 此信到䢦北京时, 正值义和圑之乱,但因而盖了枚很清晰且罕有的北京方框型手写日期(8月18日)戳, 令这信封显得珍贵. 又这人手做的北京日戳,只于北京使馆遭围困后使用, 更于1900年8月14日被取消及停用, 故此留存至今的实寄封寥寥可数,其珍罕可知.SinkiangRussian Post OfficeKuldja1900 (9 May) opened-out red band cover registered to Tientsin bearing, on the reverse, Arms 14k. tied by a fine strike of type K5A code "1" c.d.s. and with the Russian registration label KR2 and the despatch c.d.s. (10.5) on the address side. Marked to be sent via Troitskosavsk but sent via Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan (19.5), Krasnoyassk in Russia (27.5) and Transbaikal Train P.O. (1.6). This letter arrived in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion and bears a fine strike of the rare boxed Peking handstamp with manuscript date (18.8). A delightful and desirable cover, the hand-make Peking datestamp was only introduced after the the siege of the legations was lifted on 14th August and very few examples have been recorded. Photo
