Sin-Shan (Xing Shang) Tea Brick Co. "Tea Money" Brick of 34 Ounces ND (after 1907-1917) AU/UNC, Opitz-pg. 341 (obverse illustrated) & 340 (reverse illustrated). 237x186x19mm. 972gm. Obverse divided into two panels, in upper panel, КИРЛИЧИЬІИ ЧАЙ (Brick Tea) above company name in Russian, all above factory scene within rhomboidal frame, four Chinese characters (giving the factory name and location) and ФAБРИКЯ (Factory), ВЪ ХАНЬКОУ (КИТАЙ) (In Hankou (China)), rose branches behind; in bottom panel СКЛАДЪ ВО ВЛAДИВОСТОК? (Warehouse in Vladivostok) in two lines / Perforated into 8 panels, each containing СИН-ШАНЪИКО. (Sin Shan & Co.). Some minor gritting along the edges, though otherwise highly integral. Vladivostok did not gain prominence in the Russo-Chinese tea trade until after the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railroad in 1907, suggesting a date of production after that year. Ex. Charles J. Opitz Collection (Heritage Auction #3077, December 2019, Lot 38101)

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