Lot 20105 – 1904 Cover from Russian-Chinese Bank to St Petersb

1904 Cover from Russian-Chinese Bank to St Petersburg with arrival (11.9.06 – 2 years after posting) franked 7k tied PORT ARTHUR Type 2 G, dated 7 9 04 on reverse, alongside printed label applied: “This letter was among correspondence captured by the Japanese at the time of the surrender of Port Arthur and returned through the Russian Imperial Mission to Japan to Khabarovsk post-telegraph office, from where it was despatched to the addressee”. Port-Arthur was besieged by the Japanese 7 8 04 and capitulated 2.1.05.