Lot 20209 – 1905 Stampless red-band cover to St Petersburg can

1905 Stampless red-band cover to St Petersburg cancelled FIELD POST OFFICE HEADQUARTERS/1/2nd MANCHURIAN ARMY 4 II 1905, circular violet cachet on reverse repeats inscription of cancellation. The 2nd Manchurian Army was created in September 1904 after the fall of Lyaoyang. Its HQ Field Post Office was opened in December 1904 and was closed in February 1906. It was mobile and in February 1905 was situated in the SW environs of Mukden.