RUSSIA » RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR continued...
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| 20199 |
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 1905 Card to a girls’ school in St Petersburg giving thanks for gifts, sent by cavalrymen serving with the 2nd SQUADRON OF 52nd DRAGOON (NEZHIN) REGIMENT, violet circular free-frank cachet of sender’s unit in top right corner
with FIELD POST OFFICE/2/17th ARMY CORPS 27 1 05 cds and St Petersburg 8 2 05 arrival alongside. As part of the 17th Army Corps, the Nezhin Dragoons were in action under Lt.-General Volkhov during the Battle of Sha-Ho (Oct. 1904).
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20200 |
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 1905 3k Stationery card uprated 1k to pay foreign rate to Germany cancelled with oval Chinese Eastern Railway PORT ARTHUR -266-HARBIN ‘a’ 7 10 05 datestamp, sent by German national engaged in evacuating sick and wounded from
former Manchurian war zone. Circular magenta cachet reading around Imperial Eagle alongside: 2nd SIBERIAN HOSPITAL TRAIN OF GRAND DUCHESS MARIA PAVLONA Canceller used only in 1905, Port Arthur and southern half of Line 265/266, subsequently handed
over to Japanese.
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SOLD for € 550.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20201 |
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 1905 Pictorial letter-sheet sent by soldier in 13th COMPANY, 245th INFANTRY (SOLIGALICH) REGIMENT, withdrawn from active service and based at Dvinsk, Vitebsk Guberniya, dateline 7 November 1905 (error ‘IX’ for ‘XI’ in Roman
numeral). Part of archive addressed to Vezenberg. Letter-sheet produced by specialist military depot in Vilna and depicts stages of training from raw recruit to fully trained reservist.
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SOLD for € 50.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20202 |
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 1905 Registered cover from St Petersburg to Red Cross Representative in HARBIN, Manchuria. Returned to St Petersburg, label indicating addressee not traced, Harbin despatch mark translating: HEAD FIELD POST OFFICE OF THE REAR
OF THE ARMY IN MANCHURIA ‘a’ 12 11 05.
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| 20203 |
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 1905 Cover used to despatch 5 roubles to St Petersburg from CORPS FIELD POST OFFICE No. 1 28 1 05 located at Mukden, Manchuria, franked on reverse 10k, matching registration label on obverse, 2 large wax seals on reverse:
CORPS FIELD POST OFFICE No. 1/INSURED CORRESPONDENCE,
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| 20204 |
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 1905 Decorative Chinese cover to Moscow with circular violet free-frank cachet of 3rd DIVISION 35th ARTILLERY BRIGADE (faint strike) plus circular datestamp of FIELD POST OFFICE/1/No. 27 29 1 1905. F.P.O. No. 27 was attached
to 3rd Manchurian Army and opened September 1904 at SUYANTUN (SUCHIATUNG), a station of the Chinese Eastern Railway immediately south of Mukden. After the Battle of Mukden (23 Feb – 10 March 1905) the Russian armies retreated to the north and F.P.O.
No. 27 moved to Koukiatien (Gouotszydyan).
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| 20205 |
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 1905 Registered cover from Staff-Captain L.K.Blofield, Adjutant to GHQ of 3rd Siberian Army Corps, to his wife in Finland franked two 7k 1902-05 issue cancelled in blue: STAFF (GHQ) 3rd SIBERIAN ARMY CORPS POST OFFICE ‘v’ 29 1
05. No label but ms “No. 530” in top left corner. Intaglio seal-type cachet in blue reading around Imperial Eagle: STAFF 3rd SIBERIAN ARMY CORPS. Dispatch cds of same office (serial ‘b’) next day (’30’ inverted). trilingual (Swedish-Finnish-Russian)
cds of receipt at Kristinestad 12 III 05 (N.S. =28 2 05 O.S.) (backstamps)
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SOLD for € 400.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20206 |
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 1905 Registered cover to Moscow franked on reverse 7k pair tied HARBIN ARMY CORPS SUBURB ‘a’ 26 9 05 cds in black, violet circular intaglio seal of MOBILE FIELD HOSPITAL No. 16 alongside, no registration label but “N 443” and
“No. 25” in manuscript. Cancellation previously reported in blue on stampless military cover.
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| 20207 |
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 1905 Card from a Polish soldier serving with the Russian Army in Manchuria writing home to Sosnovitsy from HARBIN RAILWAY STATION 1 II 05 cds (Type 1 canceller). Alongside violet free-frank cachet: 5th COMPANY/1st TRANSAMUR
RAILWAY BATTALION. The message, in Polish, states that the sender is now working on the railway as a locksmith.
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SOLD for € 120.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20208 |
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 1905 Hand-painted Chinese 1c stationery card uprated 1k, 3k and 10k to pay registered rate to Hungary, cancelled 1st RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE ‘b’ 3 2 05 (Old Style), encircled ‘R’ alongside denoting registration. No label but
manuscript ‘No. 619’. Script cachet: SEAL OF CENSORSHIP DIVISION GENERAL HEADQUARTERS MANCHURIA. Message in German, dateline MUKDEN 16 2 05 (New Style). This card establishes that 1st Reserve Field Post Office operated at this time from Mukden.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20209 |
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 1905 Stampless red-band cover to St Petersburg cancelled FIELD POST OFFICE HEADQUARTERS/1/2nd MANCHURIAN ARMY 4 II 1905, circular violet cachet on reverse repeats inscription of cancellation. The 2nd Manchurian Army was
created in September 1904 after the fall of Lyaoyang. Its HQ Field Post Office was opened in December 1904 and was closed in February 1906. It was mobile and in February 1905 was situated in the SW environs of Mukden.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20210 |
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 1905 Registered cover to Moscow franked on reverse 4k and 5k (2) cancelled 1st RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE ‘b’ 4 2 05, circular violet cachet CORPS PAYMASTER 17th ARMY CORPS and Moscow arrival 28 2 05 alongside. No registration
label or cachet but numbered ’11’ in top left corner. This FPO was situated at Mukden at this time (see Casey, BJRP 91, p.55).
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20211 |
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 1905 Stampless red-band cover endorsed “From the Active Army” postmarked 5th RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE ‘b’ 5 2 05, Samara arrival backstamp. This FPO served the detachment under General Rennenkampf (7th Siberian Army Corps)
and was based at MOCHIATIEN.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20212 |
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 1905 Red-band cover to Poland with free-frank cachet on reverse: 1st COMPANY 5th RIFLE REGIMENT, posted at FIELD POST OFFICE No. 31 9 II 1905, Kieltsy arrival 6 III 05. FPO NO. 31 served the 1st Composite Rifle Corps and in
February 1905 was situated at SIAOLIPUSA.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20213 |
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 1905 Pictorial Chinese native cover to Libava posted at Russian civilian P.O. Mukden, Manchuria 21 1 05. Circular violet free-frank cachet reading around Imperial Eagle: LAZARET OF THE 99th INFANTRY (IVANGOROD) REGIMENT. A
lazaret was a hospital for infectious diseases. More than a quarter of the sick Russian soldiers moved beyond Mukden for treatment suffered from venereal diseases.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20214 |
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 1905 Cover from Staff-Captain L.K.Blofield, Adjutant to GHQ 3rd Siberian Army Corps to his wife in Finland postmarked in blue: STAFF (GHQ) 3rd SIBERIAN ARMY CORPS POST OFFICE ‘b’ 10 2 05. Trilingual (Swedish-Finnish-Russian)
cds of receipt at Kristinestad 22 II 05 (= 9 III 05 Old Style) on reverse. Circular free-frank cachet in red reading around Imperial Eagle; STAFF OF 3rd SIBERIAN ARMY CORPS
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20215 |
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 1905 3k Stationery card used by a private soldier in the 11th (PSKOV) REGIMENT, wounded in the leg on 1st February, to send thanks from hospital to “Dear Mother Tsarina” (Empress Marie Feodorovna) for her gift. Posted to St
Petersburg on HARBIN-262-MANCHZHURYA T.P.O. (train ‘g’) 13 2 05. Red cachet: 2nd LAZARET OF THE COMMUNITY OF ST. GEORGE.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20216 |
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 1903 3k Stationery card uprated 1k to pay overseas rate to War Ministry, Berlin, cancelled MUKDEN Type 3A 15 2 05. Alongside script cachet translating: SEAL OF CENSORSHIP BRANCH GENERAL HEADQUARTERS MANCHURIA. First recorded
example of genuine Mukden Type 3A cancellation with serial ‘a’ at side instead of asterisk.
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SOLD for € 400.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20217 |
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 1905 Cover to Moscow franked 7k tied by blue TIEHLING/1/FIELD TELEGRAPH BRANCH 16 II 1905 cds, alongside violet circular cachet around Imperial Eagle: MANCHURIAN MILITARY TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY ATTACHED TO FIELD HEADQUARTERS OF
HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY’S VICEROY IN THE FAR EAST This cachet shows that the Viceroy’s Field HQ, previously in Mukden, had moved to Tiehling ahead of the Russian military evacuation of Mukden (25 February/10 March 1905).
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SOLD for € 150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20218 |
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 1905 Red-band cover endorsed FROM 1st ACTIVE ARMY registered to Simbirsk franked 14k tied 12th RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE ‘a’ 16 2 05. No registration label, but manuscript “628/FUSHUN”. Simbirsk 13 3 05 arrival backstamp along
with intaglio cachet of 2nd COMPANY 7th (KRASNOYARSK) SIBERIAN INFANTRY REGIMENT. This cover confirms the location of 12th Reserve F.P.O. at Fushun, on the Hun Ho, 40km ENE of Mukden. Three days after this cover was posted the office was evacuated in
the face of the Japanese advance.
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