Lot 20334 – 1905 Cover sent to Prisoner-of-War Enquiry Bureau

1905 Cover sent to Prisoner-of-War Enquiry Bureau in St Petersburg for transmission to its Tokyo counterpart, enquiring about a sailor from the battleship “PERESVYET”, posted at Romanovskaya, Kuban 10 7 05. Oval DOPLATIT (To pay)/Romanovskaya applied in error, such mail being post-free. Red Japanese chop (arrow) NARASHINO with barrack number ‘3957’, added in red crayon. The battleship “Peresvyet” carried the flag of Rear-Admiral Prince Ukhtomski. On 7 December 1904 she was scuttled by her crew in the harbour at Port Arthur after being severely damaged by Japanese land batteries during the siege of the port. The survivors were taken prisoner when Port Arthur capitulated on 2 January 1905.