Lot 20083 – 1904 Red-band cover to Samara, redirected to St Pe

1904 Red-band cover to Samara, redirected to St Petersburg, handstamped violet free-frank cachet of mobile medical unit under royal auspices, abbreviated description translating in full: FLYING DETACHMENT OF STATE EMPRESS MARIE FEODOROVNA, postmarked DA(LNY) KWANTUNG (OBLAST)/1/ RAILWAY POSTAL BRANCH 28 VI 1904. Dalny was evacuated in May 1904 ahead of the Japanese advance.Its railway office is known to have continued operating with its old canceller at the new location of KUNGCHULING, N. of Tiehling, on Line 265/266 of the Chinese Eastern Railway.