STAMPS - CHINA / HONG KONG / RUSSIA
China / Russia 1918 / 1919 / Hong Kong Exceptional Cover.
Registered Cover Swatow 23 May 1918 – Petrograd; Shanghai 28 May 1918; Harbin 3 June 1918
“Undeliverable on Account of the Unrest State in Russia Harbin 22 April 1919”
Then Swatow 5 May 1919 and Hong Kong 12 May 1919 and arrival American Express Hong Kong 12 May 1919.
Superb write up from owner explains how Railway West of Baikal stopped Letter
Travelling to St. Petersburg and Sea Route via Vladivostok considered too complex.
Spring 1919 saw Independence Manifestation in Korea. A Spectacular Cover.