Lot 10121 – 1904 Stampless cover to Reval with Dalyny Railway

1904 Stampless cover to Reval with Dalyny Railway Station “DALNII KVANTUN OBLAST / 1 / RAILWAY POSTAL BRANCH” 9.4.04 cds, with ms notation on reverse “From the active Manchurian Army – Field Headquaters / Colonel (?) Ya. Sulalatko / Town Lyaoyang” in lieu of military free-frank cachet, Reval bs, fine. Note: This is the only known example to date of the Dalny Railway Station cancel applied before the evacuation of the city at the end of May 1904. The office was subsequently relocated at Kunchuling, and continued to use the old Dalny Railway Station cancel.