cover PEKING: 1896 (17 Dec.) XU5 registered to St. Petersburg, bearing unoverprinted, horiz. laid 7k. + 14k. cancelled by "1 PEKIN 1/POCHOV. KONTORA" single ring d.s. (Tchil. type 4) with another strike adjacent, with handsome wax seal of the Russo-Chinese Bank on reverse. Very fine and scarce. Photo.