RUSSIA » RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR continued...
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| 20299 |
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 1905 Chinese red-band cover endorsed “From the Active Army” addressed to Head Botanist, Imperial Botanical Gardens, St Petersburg, posted from HEADQUARTERS/FIELD POST OFFICE ‘b’ 8 7 05. Violet circular free-frank cachet
reading around Imperial Eagle and crossed cannon: 7th BATTERY 30th ARTILLERY BRIGADE, St Petersburg arrival backstamp. At this date Russian Army HQ was situated at Kungchuling, on C.E.R. Line 265/266 south of Kwangchentze.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20300 |
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 1905 Insured money-letter for 3 roubles to St Petersburg sent by officer serving with 3rd SIBERIAN INFANTRY (CHITA) REGIMENT, 1st MANCHURIAN ARMY, franked on reverse 3k and 14k tied by FIELD CORPS No. 2/POST OFFICE ‘d’ 10 7 05
cds. Large wax seals alongside inscribed: INSURED CORRESPONDENCE/FIELD CORPS No. 2 POST OFFICE ‘v’.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20301 |
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 1905 Picture postcard of warships at Vladivostok, posted from there on 13 7 05 to Rybinsk (arrival 3 Aug), Yaroslavl Guberniya, free frank Red Cross cachet: REPRESENTATIVE OF YAROSLAVL ZEMSTVO GIVING SUPPORT TO THE SICK AND
WOUNDED IN THE FAR EAST. Involvement of the Zemstvos in medical and relief work during the war was at first covert and illegal, but weight of public opinion led to a change in the law and approval of their part in this work.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20302 |
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 1905 Pictorial military envelope addressed to the FRENCH MILITARY AGENT in IRKUTSK, posted at HEAD CENTRAL FIELD POST OFFICE 15 7 05. Circular censor cachet reads: CENSORSHIP DIVISION, H.Q. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. Top left hand
corner of envelope missing. The Head Central F.P.O. was situated at Harbin, Manchuria.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20303 |
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 1905 Registered native cover to Austria, 30k rate paid by 3k and 7k both in strips of 3, posted at FIELD POST OFFICE 6th SIBERIAN CORPS 22 7 05. cachet of 5th BATTERY 18th ARTILLERY BRIGADE alongside. Encircled ‘R’ for
registration and manuscript ‘N 628’
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20304 |
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 1905 Cover from NAVAL HEADQUARTERS, St Petersburg franked 1r cancelled 24 July 1905. Addressed in French to COMMANDER OF RUSSIAN CRUISER “DIANA” at Saigon, Cochinchine (now Vietnam). Backstamp arrival 7 Sep 1905. The cruiser
“Diana” was part of the Russian fleet bottled up at Port Arthur. In an attempt to break the siege, the fleet put to sea on 10 August 1904 to engage the Japanese. During the ensuing Battle of the Yellow Sea “Diana” was badly crippled and limped into
Saigon on 25 August, where she was interned with her crew. The (then) Commander, Vladimir Semenov, escaped to Russia and joined the ill-fated Baltic fleet. He survived the sinking of the Russian flagship “Kniaz Suvarov” at the battle of Tsushima (27
May 1905).
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SOLD for € 220.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20305 |
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 1905 Stampless cover from KHABAROVSK, E. Siberia, to Novgorod. On reverse free-frank violet cachet of KHABOROVSK LOCAL LAZARET (=Hospital for Infectious Diseases) and circular paper seal reading: STAFF (GENERAL HQ) OF MILITARY
DISTRICT ATTACHED TO THE AMUR, Novgorod arrival 25 7 alongside
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20306 |
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 1905 Postcard to SHANGHAI, China, from VLADIVOSTOK RAILWAY STATION 2 8 05, endorsed “VIA KYAKHTA” (on Siberian/Mongolian border). Received HEAD FIELD POST OFFICE (HARBIN) b, Manchuria 13 8 05 where circular cachet applied in
violet: GENERAL HEADQUARTERS AT REAR OF MANCHURIAN ARMY/CENSOR. Received Russian P.O. SHANGHAI 17 9 05 (Old Style) and passed to SHANGHAI LOCAL POST for delivery same day (30 9 05 New Style). The Japanese Blockade of Vladivostok prevented the normal
sea route to Shanghai and necessitated the long overland route through Manchuria, Siberia and Mongolia.
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SOLD for € 340.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20307 |
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 1905 Insured money-letter for 25 roubles to Moscow, franked on reverse 4k and 35k tied FIELD POST OFFICE No. 26 (6) 4 VIII 1905 cds’s, central wax seal: INSURED CORRESPONDENCE FIELD POST OFFICE No. 26, manuscript annotation on
front: STATION BUKHEDU, CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY/1ST COMPANY RIFLE BRIGADE. This cover establishes the location of F.P.O. No. 26 at St. Bukhedu on Line 261/262 of the Chinese Eastern Railway. Top two envelope corners clipped.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20308 |
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 1905 Cover sent by the British Military Attache with the Russian Army in Manchuria, franked with 10k ‘Kitai’ overprint for use in China tied by HEAD CENTRAL FIELD POST OFFICE 5 8 05 cds, circular censor cachet alongside reads:
CENSORSHIP DIVISION, H.Q. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. Linear handstruck mark reads: CENSORED UNDER WARTIME CONDITIONS. Illustrated Casey, British Journal of Russian Philately No. 42 (1968), p. 21.
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SOLD for € 400.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20309 |
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 1905 Viewcard to Porkhov, cancelled RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE No. 23 2nd ARMY ‘b’ 5 8 0. Violet free-frank cachet: 1st SECTION 1st SERVICE DIVISION OF TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Additional card, posted at HARBIN RAILWAY STATION as a
souvenir of the war, depicts another section of the Telegraph Company at work.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20310 |
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 1905 Card depicting execution of bandit sent to New York from GUN-CHU-LIN (KUNGCHULING) 20 Aug 1905 (New Style), pair of 2k cancelled: HEAD CENTRAL FIELD POST OFFICE ‘d’ 6 805. Violet circular cachet reads: CENSORSHIP
DIVISION. H.Q. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. This card suggests that this F.P.O. was temporarily located at Kungchuling, about 40 miles south of Kwangchentze.
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SOLD for € 180.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20311 |
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 1905 Postal stationery card to Vienna with printed inscription FROM THE THEATRE OF MILITARY ACTIVITY – MANCHURIA, mailed from 7th RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE 11 8 05 by CAPTAIN KORIN, ARMY IN THE FIELD, COLONEL MADRITOV’S
DETACHMENT, 6th TRANSBAIKAL CAVALRY BATTALION. Under-franked (3k instead of 4k required for overseas rate). Encircled ‘T’ tax marking and two 4h Austrian postage-due stamps applied on arrival.
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SOLD for € 340.00
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20312 |
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 1905 Cover to Helsinki, Finland, cancelled 33rd RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE ‘v’ 17 8 05, grey-violet circular free-frank cachet, repeated on reverse 4th BATTALION 41st EAST SIBERIAN RIFLE REGIMENT. This regiment belonged to the
2nd East Siberian Rifle Division as part of the Reserve of the Maritime Province defence which was based near Vladivostok for the duration of the war.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20313 |
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 1905 Double-rate registered cover to Finland franked on reverse 1902-05 7k and 14k, cancelled in black STAFF (GHQ) 3rd SIBERIAN ARMY CORPS POST OFFICE ‘d’ 18 8 05. Despatch cds (serial ‘e’) applied on reverse next day along
with red circular cachet STAFF 3rd SIBERIAN ARMY CORPS, transit St Petersburg 8 IX 05 and Kristinestad arrival 23 IX 05.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20314 |
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 1905 Pictorial envelope with military motif produced in Kiev, sent as stampless soldier’s mail to Kiev. Violet cachet on reverse reads: PACKET/2nd BATTALION HORSE-MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY DIVISION, cancelled on front FIELD POST
OFFICE 7th SIBERIAN CORPS. ‘d’ 19 8 05. Kiev arrival 16 9 05, four weeks after despatch. Some small peripheral faults to envelope.
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CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20315 |
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 1905 Coloured viewcard of Mukden registered to Kazan franked 1k strip of 3 (defective) and 7k (=3k postcard rate + 7k registration) cancelled HEAD CENTRAL FIELD POST OFFICE ‘z’ 22 8 05, no registration label, only manuscript
‘207’. Head Central FPO was originally located at Mukden, having been converted from Reserve FPO No.11. Ahead of the Japanese advance, it was relocated in February 1905 to Kwangchentze and in May 1905 to KUNGCHULING. Recorded “British Journal of
Russian Philately” No. 49 (1973), p. 22 Also included picture postcard showing soldiers at Omsk, Siberia, embarking by train for the Far East, postally used from Omsk 21 8 05 to USA. Message says: “This is the way the Russian soldiers .are shipped to
the front, packed like sardines in freight cars”.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20316 |
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 1905 Viewcard endorsed “From the Active Army” sent to Lugansk, Ekaterinoslav Guberniya (arrival 17 9) datelined “Gor. (Town) Kwangchentze 26 VIII 1905” cancelled No. 14 FIELD POST OFFICE/1/PRIAMUR DISTRICT 28 VIII 1905. Faint
violet circular free-frank cachet of horse (or bullock) drawn ambulance 6th PACK-ANIMAL MILITARY-MEDICAL TRANSFER. Described and FPO cancellation illustrated R.Casey BJRP 89 (2003), p.48.
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CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20317 |
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 1905 Stampless card to Jacobshtadt, Courland, postmarked FIELD POST OFFICE & TELEGRAPH BRANCH HEADQUARTERS 1st ARMY ‘v’ 28 8 05 Similar cancellation serial ‘b’ dated 11 9 05 on 3k block of 4.
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Closing..Dec-06, 12:00 PM |
| 20318 |
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 1905 Viewcard of Lake Baikal to St Petersburg with violet circular free-frank cachet: 4th BATTALION 23rd ARTILLERY BRIGADE, postmarked 29th RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE ‘a’ 31 8 05, arrival 15 IX 1905. No 29 RFPO was located at
Manchuli Railway Station from June 1905 until March 1907.
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