Lot 20197 – 1905 Viewcard sent by doctor or staff of Chief of

1905 Viewcard sent by doctor or staff of Chief of Medical Section of Third Manchurian Army to colleague in Weisser Hirsch, Germany, franked 5k War Orphans stamp tied by FIELD POST OFFICE No. 22 (4) 23 1 1905. Script cachet SEAL OF CENSORSHIP BRANCH OF GHQ MANCHURIA. The War Orphans stamps, issued late in 1904, were very rarely used outside Russia itself. The censorship cachet suggests that this Field Post Office was located at the time in the Mukden area. In February it moved to Kungchuling.