Lot 10206 – 1914 Local picture postcard sent from Kirsanov to

1914 Local picture postcard sent from Kirsanov to 8th Company 2nd Transamur Railway Regiment at Station Yaomyng (on Line 265/266, south of Harbin), with 1k and 2k Arms tied by Kirsanov cds with “YAOMYNG / STATION OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY” 8.1.14 arrival cds (T&S type 2), this being the EARLIEST KNOWN USAGE of the type 2 ds, indicating overlapping usage with the type 1. Note: Under the terms of the Peace Treaty following the Russo-Japanese War, Russia was permitted to maintain a military force in Manchuria (“Trans-Amur region”) in order to protect the Chinese Eastern Railway.