Lot 20054 – 1904 Postcard from New York written by an American

1904 Postcard from New York written by an American supporter of General Kuropatkin, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian armies in Manchuria on Christmas eve sending him seasonal greetings and urging him to “Keep up the good work” and commenting on “the snuff powder you are going to make out of the Japs”. arrival mark: HEADQUARTERS/FIELD POST OFFICE ‘d’ 24 1 05, then based at Mukden. The message reflects the opinion widely held in the West that the defeat of Japan was a foregone conclusion. Ironically, while this card was in transit the Russians suffered a crushing blow in the capitulation of the strategic naval stronghold of Port Arthur. This was a turning point in the war, which ended victoriously for Japan.