Lot 20017 – A pair of contemporary cards produced in Paris car
Lot 20017 – A pair of contemporary cards produced in Paris car
Lot 20017 – A pair of contemporary cards produced in Paris car
Russia » Russia Post in China – Russian Occupation of Manchuria
Price realised
50 EUR
Estimate
50 EUR
Auction date
Tue 2 Dec 2014 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
A pair of contemporary cards produced in Paris caricaturing Japan’s reaction to the Russian incursion into Manchuria, seen as a Russian boot, and the threat to Japanese interests in neighbouring Korea, represented by a postage stamp.
It was these events that precipitated the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-05. Auction
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