Lot 20122 – 1904 Russian 3k stationery card uprated 1k for for

1904 Russian 3k stationery card uprated 1k for foreign rate + China 1 cent for internal postage. Written by an American observer with the Russian Army on train “Between Harbin and Mukden” 11 October having left Vladivostok 8 days earlier to his wife in the USA. Chinese stamp cancelled native Mukden Fengtien Province with date in lunar calendar equivalent to 15 Oct in Western style; native Chinese transit Newchang 18 Oct; thence Chinese P.O. Shanghai (bilingual) 25 Oct; passed to Russian P.O. Shanghai where Russian stamps cancelled Type 3 15 10 04 (error for 25 10 04); thence to Japanese P.O. same day. Chinese tax mark (T) applied and later erased. Received San Francisco 15 Nov 1904. By using the Chinese P.O. at Mukden instead of the Russian the sender evaded Russian censorship.