Lot 20097 – 1904 Chinese red-band cover to textile factory at

1904 Chinese red-band cover to textile factory at SERPUKHOV cancelled LYAOYANG FIELD POST OFFICE ‘g’ 9 8 04, circular violet free-frank cachet reading around Imperial Eagle: MILITARY-MEDICAL SEMI-TRANSPORT OF THE MANCHURIAN ARMY. Cover dispatched on the eve of the Battle of Lyaoyang in which the Russians lost 3,611 killed and 14,301 wounded. Included postcard depicting evacuation of wounded from the Russian forward position at the village of An-shan-chan, SW of Lyaoyang. The main medical evacuation centre was at Lyaoyang railway station.