Lot 20226 – 1905 Pictorial envelope and illustrated letter wit

1905 Pictorial envelope and illustrated letter with military motifs used from STATION GUNZHULIN (=KUNGCHULING) 8 III 1905 to Biryuch, Russia, circular datestamp of TIEHLING (Russian TELIN) applied in blue same day; red circular free-frank cachet of 29th ARABA WARTIME TRANSPORT. Envelope with small faults. Tiehling was put to the torch and abandoned by the Russians ahead of the Japanese advance and new defensive lines were put up at Kungchuling, 200km to the north. Written 5 days after the Japanese had entered Tiehling (3 3 05 OS = 16 3 5 NS), this letter shows that the Tiehling canceller continued in use at the new location.