Lot 20249 – 1905 Picture postcard of ships laid up for winter

1905 Picture postcard of ships laid up for winter on River Shilka, Siberia, written from “ST. KOTYADYAN (=KUOKIATIEN) Chinese Railway 7am 9 April” to Volkovysk, Grodno Guberniya. Circular violet free-frank cachet ADMINISTRATION OF 16th FLYING PARK OF ARTILLERY BRIGADE, cancelled blue-green FIELD POST OFFICE No. 27 10 IV 1905, received Volkovysk 3 5 05. This card establishes the location of FPO No. 27 at Kuokiatien (Russian Gotzyadyan) in April 1905.