Lot 20240 – 1905 Japanese card to St Petersburg sent 31 March

1905 Japanese card to St Petersburg sent 31 March 1905 (=13 April New Style) by Russian Naval Warrant Officer held at POW camp at MATSUYAMA, Japan. Three-line SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE and oval Japanese censor chop, both in violet, alongside. St Petersburg arrival 13 V 1905 (=26 May N.S.) Message includes: “We are impatiently waiting the sea battle because we think it will bring us close to a conclusion”, referring to the impending Battle of Tsushima, in which the Russian Baltic Fleet was annihilated (27-28 May).