Lot 20136 – 1904 Viewcard of section of the Trans-Siberian tra

1904 Viewcard of section of the Trans-Siberian track posted 5 XI 04 from OB Railway Station Moscow, free-frank cachet on obverse of COMMANDANT OF OB STATION To keep the armies in the Far East supplied with troops and material, Russia relied on the Trans-Siberian Railway and its extension from the Manchurian frontier, a line of communication almost 5,500 miles in length. The principal railway stations were placed under military control.