Lot 20112 – 1904 Picture postcard of boat-wharf at Port Arthur

1904 Picture postcard of boat-wharf at Port Arthur to Poland endorsed “From the Active Army”. Free-frank military cachet and cds in greenish-black, the latter reading: LYAOYANG FIELD POST OFFICE ‘b’ 19 9 (04), Chenstohova 3 X 1904 arrival cds. Russian General Headquarters was situated at Lyaoyang until 23 Aug/5 Sep 1904, when the city fell to the Japanese. Posted nearly a month after the event, this card shows that the staff of the Lyaoyang P.O. were continuing to use the old canceller at a new location, probably Mukden, 40 miles to the north, whence GHQ had evacuated.