RUSSIA » RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR continued...
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| 20059 |
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 1904 Embossed decorative card featuring Chinese dragon and Imperial Russian Eagle, produced by a firm in Port Arthur, addressed 4 October 1904 (New Style) to Agram, Austria (=Zagreb, capital of Croatia) franked 4k cancelled
MUKDEN ‘b’ same day (=21 9 04 Old Style). red circular cachet DISTRICT GHQ OF THE MILITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARMY IN MANCHURIA. Zagreb arrival 2 Nov 04. Also viewcard showing General Sobolev inspecting the advanced position at the front near the
village of Sakhe-pu (south of Mukden), posted at Tomsk, Siberia 4 5 06. General Sobolev had command of the 6th Siberian Corps. After the Russian defeat at the Battle of Liaoyang (Aug/Sept 1904) this Corps formed the advanced portion of the new Second
Army, which was to mount a counter-offensive.
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CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20060 |
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 1904 Embossed decorative card featuring Chinese dragon and Imperial Russian Eagle, produced by firm in Port Arthur, addressed 4th October 1904 (New Style) to Agram. Austria cancelled Mukden ‘b’ same day. red circular cachet
alongside: DISTRICT GHQ OF THE MILITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARMY IN MANCHURIA. Zagreb arrival 2 Nov 04.
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| 20061 |
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 1904 Viewcard of Omsk endorsed “From the Active Army” and addressed to Saratov, by medical officer evidently on duty with military train, dated”24/IX 904/5 o’clock in the evening/Station Tatarskaya/Great Siberian Railway”,
postmarked same day STATION TATARSKAYA/SIBERIAN RAILWAY 24 IX 1904. Violet free-frank circular cachet reading around Imperial Eagle: SENIOR DOCTOR DIVISIONAL TRANSPORT 61st INFANTRY DIVISION. Saratov arrival 30 9 04. The St. Tatarskaya cds is an
unrecorded type with fleurons at sides instead of numeral ‘1’.
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SOLD for € 200.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20062 |
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 1904 Viewcard of Trans-Baikal Railway to Saratov, dateline “22/IX Station Vargashi”, postmarked next day STATION VARGASHI/SIBERIAN RAILWAY 23 IX 1904. Violet circular free-frank cachet reading around Imperial Eagle: GENERAL
HEADQUARTERS 61st INFANTRY DIVISION. Saratov arrival 27 9 04. Cards with free-frank cachets already applied were issued to officers travelling on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
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| 20063 |
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 1904 4k Stationery card to Berlin written 8 III 1904 by officer on cruiser “ASKOLD” at PORT ARTHUR, cancelled 2 days later, Moscow transit. The day this card was written enemy ships appeared off Port Arthur and began
bombarding the port the next morning. In response the “Askold” (with Admiral Makarov on board) and other ships of the squadron put to sea, returning the same afternoon. The “Askold” (with Admiral Reitzenstein on board) was badly damaged in the Battle
of the Yellow Sea. She escaped to the neutral port of Shanghai, where she was disarmed and the crew interned on 25 August 1904 Also included are 2 postcards: Memorial card for Vice-Admiral S.O.Makarov, the ‘Little Grandfather of the Fleet’ + Japanese
artist’s impression of Makarov’s death
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| 20064 |
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 1904 Cover to St Petersburg franked on reverse 5k (4) + 1k to pay double-weight registered rate tied by HEADQUARTERS/FIELD TELEGRAPH BRANCH 26 3 04, Mukden registration label on obverse, cover endorsed “From (Colonel) A.Miller
Mukden Field Headquarters of the Viceroy)”
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| 20065 |
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 1904 Cover to the Swiss Consulate in St Petersburg with datestamp and circular free-frank cachet, both stuck in blue-green : LYAOYANG/HEADQUARTERS FIELD POST OFFICE ‘a’ 10 4 04 and OFFICE OF FIELD GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE
MANCHURIAN ARMY. The Russian GHQ moved from Lyaoyang in August 1904 when it fell to Japan.
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| 20066 |
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 1904 Registered cover from crew-member of battleship “RETVIZAN” franked pair of 7k tied by PORT ARTHUR 21 IV 1904 cds, received Rostov-on-Don 13 V 1904 representing one of the last letters dispatched from Port Arthur while in
Russian hands, the mail trains were halted by Japanese landings north of the port the following day (5 V 1904) and the line was severed a few days later. The ‘Retvizan’, though severely damaged, survived the Battle of the Yellow Sea (August 1904) but
was sunk in the harbour at Port Arthur by Japanese land batteries on 6 Dec. Servicemen’s ordinary mail to Russia bearing a unit cachet was sent post-free. Registered and insured mail and mail to foreign countries was charged the standard rates.
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SOLD for € 650.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20067 |
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 1904 Two registered covers from HARBIN, Manchuria to NIZHNE-NOVGOROD (one redirected to Kazan) dated 14 4 04 and 22 6 04 respectively, both franked 21k in Arms issue, cancelled HARBIN Type 7D, reading: HEAD FIELD POST OFFICE
‘G’, different Registration labels reading respectively: HARBIN FIELD POST-TELEGRAPH OFFICE and HARBIN HEAD FIELD POST OFFICE.
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CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20068 |
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 1904 3k Stationery card to Maiorengof written from LIEN-SHAN-KUAN by an officer serving with the 1st ARGUN COSSACK REGIMENT, endorsed FROM THE ACTIVE ARMY, cancelled in blue No. 18 FIELD POST OFFICE/PRIAMUR DISTRICT 28 IV 04,
fair strike only
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| 20069 |
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 1904 Triple-rate registered cover to Swiss Consulate in St Petersburg franked on reverse 3k, 5k + 20k Arms (28k = 3 X 7 + 7k registration), cancelled LYAOYANG/HEADQUARTERS FIELD POST OFFICE ‘a’ 29 4 04, circular cachet in
blue-green alongside: OFFICE OF FIELD GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE MANCHURIAN ARMY around Imperial Eagle, violet arrival backstamp. Russian GHQ was situated at Lyaoyang until August 1904 when it fell to the Japanese.
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CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20070 |
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 1904 Postcard from an autograph collector in England addressed to “Cavalry Captain Count Stenbrook, Aide-de-Camp to General Kuropatkin, Russian Forces, Mukden, Manchuria”, readdressed in Russian to Lyaoyang, returned
autographed, franked 7k cancelled in blue LYAOYANG FIELD POST OFFICE, ‘b’ 5 5 04, circular violet cachet with Imperial Eagle inscribed: OFFICE OF GENERAL FIELD H:Q: MANCHURIAN ARMY.
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SOLD for € 480.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20071 |
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 1904 Registered cover to St Petersburg franked on reverse 7k pair cancelled HEADQUARTERS/FIELD TELEGRAPH BRANCH 5 5 04, registration label alongside FIELD POST OFFICE ATTACHED TO HEADQUARTERS, endorsed “From Colonel Miller
Mukden Field Headquarters of the Viceroy”. This cover establishes Mukden as the location of Headquarters Field Post Office and Headquarters Field Telegraph Branch, where the Russian Viceroy in the Far East, Admiral Alexeiev had set up his HQ in a
disused train.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20072 |
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 1904 Peking viewcard endorsed “From the Active Army” and written from HAI-CHENG to Finland with Abo arrival mark, violet circular free-frank cachet: 5th COMPANY No. 1/POST OFFICE ‘g’ 14 5 04 (date inverted). About 65km south
of Lyaoyang, HAI-CHENG was the railway town where Lt. Gen. Baron Stackleburg, Commander of the 1st Siberian Army Corps had set up his HQ in a train. It was abandoned by the Russians in July, and in August became the HQ of the Japanese Field Marshall
Oyama Iwao.
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CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20073 |
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 1904 Cover to Nizhnii-Novgorod franked on reverse 7k tied by POSTAL WAGON No. 262 of Chinese Eastern Railway (HARBIN-MANCHULI), handstamped alongside ADMINISTRATION OF HEAD REPRESENTATIVE OF RED CROSS WITH THE ARMY IN THE
FIELD red cachet. Cover roughly opened at right.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20074 |
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 1904 Registered cover to France franked two 10k tied by HEADQUARTERS/FIELD TELEGRAPH BRANCH ‘a’ 19 5 04 with registration label alongside: FIELD POST OFFICE ATTACHED TO HEADQUARERS, handstruck encircled ‘R’ denoting registered
mail to foreign country, on reverse circular violet cachet reading around Imperial Eagle: FIELD STAFF (HQ) OF THE VICEROY IN THE FAR EAST and alongside large boxed cachet in violet: PERMITTED/COLONEL…with number and signature of Col.Pestich, Chief
Censor at Viceroy’s Headquarters, then located at Mukden, blue crayon ‘2’ indicating contents of 2 sheets, arrival backstamp, one 10k with slight tonespot
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CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20075 |
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 1904 Dispatch card for parcel valued at 5 roubles sent to Minsk Guberniya, charges paid 20k vertical strip of 4 and single 10k, 1889-92 issue, tied by LYAOYANG FIELD POST OFFICE ‘d’ 20 5 04 cds’s, received DOKSHINY 16 VI 1904,
receipt signed by postmaster on behalf of illiterate addressee. Lyaoyang fell to the Japanese on 23 Aug/5 Sept 1904 after a 12-day battle.
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SOLD for € 700.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20076 |
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 1904 Chinese red-band cover to England from an English war Correspondent with the Russian Army in Manchuria franked on reverse two 3k and one 14k to pay the registered rate tied by HEADQUARTERS FIELD TELEGRAPH BRANCH 22 5 04,
rectangular censorship cachet: PERMITTED/COLONEL…with number and signature and official seal of FIELD STAFF OF VICEROY IN THE FAR EAST both in violet alongside, registration label on obverse: FIELD POST OFFICE ATTACHED TO HEADQUARTERS. Censorship of
despatches from foreign war correspondents was under the orders of the Viceroy. In May 1904 Russian G.H.Q. was situated at Lyaoyang. The Viceroy’s Field H.Q. was then at Mukden.
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SOLD for € 850.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20077 |
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 1904 Red-band cover to St Petersburg Guberniya endorsed “From the Theatre of Military Activity” sent by a senior Doctor with 5th Medical Transport, Harbin, black free-frank cachet reading 5th MILITARY-MEDICAL TRANSPORT, HEAD
FIELD POST OFFICE (HARBIN) ‘b’ 30 5 04 cds alongside and SIVERSKAYA 12 6 04 arrival backstamp. Additional postcard included depicting the Head FPO of the Manchurian Armies at Harbin.
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CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20078 |
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 1904 Chinese 1c postal stationery card uprated with Russian 3k cancelled LYAOYANG FIELD POST OFFICE ‘b’ 28 6 04 (fig. ‘6’ inverted), written from Mukden to St Petersburg with arrival cds 19 7 04. Lyaoyang was captured by the
Japanese 23 August/5 September 1904 and the Russian P.O. transferred to Mukden.
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SOLD for € 600.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
