RUSSIA » RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR continued...
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 1905 Two postcards to Lodz, Petrok Guberniya (Poland), one with dateline “Kanovino/11 IX 1905” and blue circular free-frank cachet 64th SIBERIAN HOSPITAL TRAIN and posted from Nizhnii-Novgorod/Moscow-Nizhnii Railway Station 13
9 05. Other with dateline “Gunchzulin (Kungchuling) 21 VI 1905” (=8 6 05 Old Style); violet circular free-frank cachet of 4th BATTERY 75th ARTILLERY BRIGADE, postmarked HEAD CENTRAL FIELD POST OFFICE ‘d’ 8 6 05. Both with two-line handstamp DELIVER
WITHOUT CHARGE, one in violet-grey, the other in red., Lodz arrival 16 9 and 30 6 respectively.
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| 20280 |
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 1905 Viewcard addressed in Czech to Bohemia franked 1k and 3k cancelled at mobile F.P.O. FIELD CORPS No. 2 POST OFFICE ‘a’ 10 6 05. Violet cachet of 18th EAST SIBERIAN RIFLE REGIMENT. Sent by Regimental Bandmaster, a Bohemian.
It was not unusual for the Imperial Russian Army to enlist Bohemian musicians.
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| 20281 |
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 1905 Cover to STATION Ikskyul (arrival 6 VII 05), Riga-Orlov Railway, endorsed “From the Active Army” and posted at Field Post Office/5/17th ARMY CORPS 11 6 05. Blue circular cachet reading 5th SOTNYA 1 ARGUN REGIMENT OF
TRANSBAIKAL MILITARY COSSACKS
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| 20282 |
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 1905 Pictorial military envelope endorsed “From the Active Army” and posted to Biryuch, Russia, from 12th RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE ‘b’ 16 6 05, then located at village ERTSANDYANTSZY, 60km E. of HARBIN. On reverse red
circular free frank cachet: 27th ARABA WARTIME TRANSPORT An araba was a bullock or horse-drawn cart. Small part of front of envelope missing.
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| 20283 |
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 1905 Opened out cover with contents from a soldier writing from No. 292 MOBILE FIELD HOSPITAL (circular violet cachet on reverse) to his wife in Penza, Cover endorsed “From the Active Army” and posted at 5th RESERVE FIELD POST
OFFICE ‘a’ 17 6 05. Letter says that this month the writer had already sent his wife 2 money letters, 4 registered letters, 8 ordinary letters and 7 telegrams. Dateline of this letter establishes that at this time No. 292 Mobile Field Hospital and
5th Reserve Field Post Office were located at MOPEISHAN, about 87 km SW of KIRIN, E. Manchuria.
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| 20284 |
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 1905 Viewcard of Khaborovsk Railway Station sent to Odessa from CENTRAL FIELD TELEGRAPH BRANCH 17 6 05, arriving 3 7 05. Large red free-frank cachet on front and back: 1st GEORGIAN RED CROSS HOSPITAL NAMED AFTER EMPRESS MARIA.
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| 20285 |
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 1905 Pictorial envelope with Field Hospital motif produced in Kiev, sent as stampless soldiers’ mail to St Petersburg. Abbreviated endorsement translates: FROM THE ACTIVE ARMY. 120th INFANTRY (SEPUKHOV) REGIMENT. Cancelled
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS FIELD POST OFFICE ‘b’ 19 6 05. After the fall of Mukden, March 1905, the Russian G.H.Q. was transferred to KUOKIATIEN, a small station of the Chinese Eastern Railway south of Harbin in a section of the railway ceded to Japan
after 1905.
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SOLD for € 420.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20286 |
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 1905 Pictorial cover produced in Kiev with artillery motif on front and mainly cavalry motif on reverse, endorsed “From the Active Army” and addressed to the village of Klemantov in volost of the same name in Mekhov District
of Keltsi Guberniya (Poland) postmarked 6th RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE 19 6 05. Some toning. at this date No. 6 FPO was located at Intsiaputsa.
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| 20287 |
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 1905 Picture postcard endorsed “From the Active Army” addressed to Porkhov, Pskov Guberniya with dateline “Godzyadan (=GUOTSZYADYAN, Russian spelling of KUOKIATIEN) 14 VI 05”, cancelled HEADQUARTERS FIELD POST OFFICE ‘b’ 19 6
05 Violet free-frank cachet 1st EAST SIBERIAN SECTION OF TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Porkhov arrival 5 7 05. After the fall of Mukden to the Japanese in March 1905, the General Headquarters of the Russian armies moved to the railway station at Kuokiatien,
south of Kwangchentze, and on May 5th to the next station north, KUNGCHULING, where this item was posted.
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| 20288 |
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 1905 Insured money letter for 1 rouble sent to Moscow by doctor at Red Cross hospital at STATION VEISHAKHE, Chinese Eastern Railway (Line 263/264). Since Veishakhe handled only ordinary mail, sent down line to STATION
HANDAOKHETZE where 7k and 10k cancelled on reverse FIELD POST OFFICE No. 28 (1) 21 VI 1905 and wax seals applied, reading INSURED CORRRESPONDENCE FIELD POST OFFICE (1) No. 28. Registration label reads: RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE No. 28. Cover shaved
at left affecting reg. label and cachet.
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SOLD for € 500.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20289 |
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 1905 Pictorial envelope with infantry motif, the reverse showing stages of training of recruits, sent by volunteer with 33rd EAST SIBERIAN RESERVE BATTALION to Kazan from coastal town of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur 23 6 05. Violet
circular regimental free-frank cachets on reverse. Envelope with some peripheral faults. Garrisons were maintained on Russia’s Pacific coast to meet the threat of a Japanese invasion.
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| 20290 |
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 1905 Cover and contents written from St Petersburg 20 April 1905 to Management of Chinese Eastern Railway, Office of Engineering Services, franked on reverse 7k, receipt mark alongside HEAD FIELD POST OFFICE OF THE REAR OF THE
ARMY OF MANCHURIA 24 6 05.
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| 20291 |
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 1905 Registered cover to Finland franked on reverse 1902-05 14k tied by STAFF (GHQ) 3rd SIBERIAN ARMY CORPS POST OFFICE ‘v’ 26 6 05 cds in blue, red circular cachet reading around Imperial Eagle STAFF 3rd SIBERIAN ARMY CORPS
alongside. Both cachet and cds repeated on front and trilingual Kristinestad arrival backstamp.
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| 20292 |
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 1905 Registered cover to KALUGA endorsed “From the 3rd Manchurian Army”, franked on reverse 1k, 3k (2) and 14k tied by FIELD POST OFFICE/4/17th ARMY CORPS 27 6 05. Registration label: CORPS FIELD POST OFFICE/ATTACHED TO 17th
ARMY CORPS. On reverse circular violet cachet: STAFF (GHQ) 3rd INFANTRY DIVISION and KALUGA arrival 19 VII 05. Some light toning.
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| 20293 |
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 1905 Picture postcard of General Kaulbars addressing the troops sent to Station Ligovo, Baltic Railway, dateline “27 June 1905/TAYANGOW”. Circular violet free-frank cachet: CORPS ENGINEER 8th EAST SIBERIAN RIFLE CORPS.
Postmarked same day 17th RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE ‘d’, Ligovo arrival 18 7 05. This card establishes the location of No. 17 RFPO at Tayangow at that time. General Baron A.V.Kaulbars was appointed Commander of the Third Manchurian Army but was
transferred to command of the Second Army before the Battle of Mukden (March 1905).
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| 20294 |
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 1905 Ornamental native envelope to St Ruzhan, Grodno, from mobile FIELD POST OFFICE 1st ARMY CORPS 27 VI 1905, on reverse free-frank cachet DIVISIONAL COMMISSAR 37th INFANTRY DIVISION.
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| 20295 |
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 1905 Registered cover to Paris from No. 9 RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE ‘b’ 4 7 05, franked on reverse vertical strip of three 7k with red circular cachet CHANCELLERY OF FIELD HQ 1st MANCHURIAN ARMY alongside, Registration label
(stained) in Cyrillic and encircled ‘R’. Commander of 1st Manchurian Army at this time was General A.N.Kuropatkin, demoted from Commander-in-Chief after the fall of Mukden (March 1905). His HQ was at HSI-PING-KAI, north of Tiehling.
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| 20296 |
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 1905 Card to Empress Maria Feodorovna’s charity at the Anichkov Palace, St Petersburg, from a private in the 10th COMPANY OF 212th (BAKHCHISERAI) REGIMENT giving thanks for gifts received while at Irkutsk Station. No military
free-frank cachet but postmarked 5th RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE ‘b’ 6 7 05 This FPO was used by the Detachment under General Rennenkampf but its location in July 1905 is unknown.
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| 20297 |
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 1905 Stampless card to a Lieutenant at HQ of 42nd Infantry Division, Kiev, bearing circular violet-black free-frank cachet of KAMCHATKA INFANTRY BATTALION. Written by a fellow officer 7 July 1905 on board military transport
ship travelling along Amur River, having left Khabarovsk 2 days earlier. Put ashore at Nikolaevsk 13 VII, received Kiev 9 VIII.
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| 20298 |
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 1905 Insured money letter for 75 roubles sent to Biryuch, Russia, by medical officer with 1st ARMY, using pictorial military envelope, franked on reverse 2k (2) and 14k (2) tied by 12th RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE ‘a’ 7 7 05
cds’s. Alongside wax seals inscribed 12th RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE ‘a’/INSURED CORRESPONDENCE. Cover roughly opened at top leading to small paper loss.
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