KiHeiManchuria-printingbureau-1923
$2,500.00
Title
åé»éµåå輿å / Carte du District Postal de Ki-Hei. / Postal Map of Ki-Hei District.
1923 (dated)
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Description
This is an am impressive 1923 official tri-lingual (Chinese, French, English) postal wall map of Jihei, at the time known as Ki-Hei, northern Manchuria. Coverage is centered on the district capital of Harbin. The map is bordered on the north and east by Siberia and the Heilong River (Amur River), and on the south by Mongolia, Fengtien, and Korea. The impressively detailed chart notes postal roads, river crossings, and mileage between post locations. Post Offices appear throughout and are subdivided by size, with seven designations between the single District Head Office (Harbin) and numerous Rural Stations. A key at bottom center breaks down these and other distinctions not used on this map, such as Postal Connexion by Boat suggesting that this coding sy
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