Lot 20048 – 1903 Registered cover addressed in Czech and Russi

1903 Registered cover addressed in Czech and Russian “To Austria and Bohemia town Litomysl” now in Czech Republic, sent by bandmaster of 1st CHITA REGIMENT OF TRANSBAIKAL MILITARY COSSACKS from FEN-HWANG-CHEN, South Manchuria, franked on reverse 10k vertical pair tied by poor strikes of Russian P.O. with better strikes on front reading: FYNHUANCHEN’/1/FIELD POST-TELEGRAPH BRANCH 15 X (year omitted). ‘Z’ registration label with abbreviated inscription agreeing with cancellation. Transit marks of Trans-Siberian TPO’s: POSTAL WAGON No. 260 (3) (MANCHULI-CHITA) 24 X 1903; PW No. 242 (CHITA-IRKUTSK) 25 X 1903; PW No. 198 (IRKUTSK-KRASNOYARSK) 27 X . received Moscow 6 XI. Litomysl arrival 22 Nov 03. Only known item of mail from the Russian P.O. in Fen-Hwang-Chen.