Lot 20149 – 1904 Picture postcard “From the Active Army”, mess
Lot 20149 – 1904 Picture postcard “From the Active Army”, mess
Russia » Russo-Japanese War
Price realised
150 EUR
Estimate
150 EUR
Auction date
Tue 2 Dec 2014 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1904 Picture postcard “From the Active Army”, message in Polish written from GAOLINGTZE to Telshi (Baltic region), with free-frank cachet of 1st BATTERY 2nd ARTILLERY BRIGADE, blue cancel alongside: GENERAL HEADQUARTERS 3rd SIBERIAN ARMY CORPS/POST OFFICE 22 11 04.
This card suggests that the temporary location of this mobile Field Post Office was at Gaolingtze (Russian spelling Gaolintszy), a station of the Chinese Eastern Railway (Line 263/264) about 150 miles east of Harbin. Auction
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