Lot 20218 – 1905 Red-band cover endorsed FROM 1st ACTIVE ARMY
Lot 20218 – 1905 Red-band cover endorsed FROM 1st ACTIVE ARMY
Lot 20218 – 1905 Red-band cover endorsed FROM 1st ACTIVE ARMY
Russia » Russo-Japanese War
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
600 EUR
Auction date
Tue 2 Dec 2014 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1905 Red-band cover endorsed FROM 1st ACTIVE ARMY registered to Simbirsk franked 14k tied 12th RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE ‘a’ 16 2 05.
No registration label, but manuscript “628/FUSHUN”. Simbirsk 13 3 05 arrival backstamp along with intaglio cachet of 2nd COMPANY 7th (KRASNOYARSK) SIBERIAN INFANTRY REGIMENT.
This cover confirms the location of 12th Reserve F.P.O. at Fushun, on the Hun Ho, 40km ENE of Mukden. Three days after this cover was posted the office was evacuated in the face of the Japanese advance. Auction
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