Lot 20144 – 1904 Stampless cover to France from Harbin with HE
Lot 20144 – 1904 Stampless cover to France from Harbin with HE
Russia » Russo-Japanese War
Price realised
180 EUR
Estimate
200 EUR
Auction date
mar. 2 déc. 2014 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1904 Stampless cover to France from Harbin with HEAD FIELD POST OFFICE ‘b’ 16 11 04 cds (29 11 04 New Style), on reverse circular violet cachet: STAFF (HQ) KWANTUNG DISTRICT. Taxed on arrival with French postage dues 10c pair + 30c applied.
Evidently from a member of a military unit evacuated from the Kwantung Peninsula after it was overrun by the Japanese.
Military cachets served as free-franks only on ordinary mail to Russia and Russian post offices abroad. Auction
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