Bandit Post. 1923 "Pao Tzu Ku" Bandit Post 10c black on buff...

Hammer

£900

Bandit Post. 1923 "Pao Tzu Ku" Bandit Post 10c black on buff and 50c (5c) black on red unused, large margins, 50c with hinge mark in reverse upper margin, otherwise superb and scarce. Produced for use by the hostages captured from the Pukow-Tientsin train by bandits in May and held captive at Pao Tzu Ku until their release in June; 300 of each stamp were printed on behalf of Carl Crow, American Red Cross representative, who negotiated the release of the hostages. Also a 1923 (June 10) letter from R.E McCann (sent three days before the last hostages were released) sent from Tsao Chuang to F.M Thompson enclosing two sets of these stamps (with a copy of another letter of June 6th). (2). Photo on Page 190.