Lot 20085 – 1904 Insured money-letter for 10 roubles to Moscow

1904 Insured money-letter for 10 roubles to Moscow franked on reverse 2k and 20k tied by LYAOYANG FIELD POST OFFICE ‘d’ 1 7 04 cds, wax seals alongside inscribed: INSURED CORRESPONDENCE LYAOYANG FIELD POST OFFICE ‘a’, no registration label but manuscript “N86” in upper left corner on front, endorsed on front “FROM PAYMASTER, FIELD EXCHEQUER 1st SIBERIAN ARMY CORPS”. Lyaoyang fell to the Japanese the following month in August.