Lot 20342 – 1905 Cover bearing seal of HYDROGRAPHICAL EXPEDITI

1905 Cover bearing seal of HYDROGRAPHICAL EXPEDITION TO THE EASTERN OCEAN and circular cachet of VLADIVOSTOCK CENSOR COMMISSION 4 7 05 to Russian naval prisoner at Osaka, Japan. Violet oval cachet and paper sealing tape of Japanese censor; circular Japanese chop in orange and large violet double-oval cachet in French of P.O.W. Enquiry Bureau at Tokio dated 29 Oct 1905. Manuscript “Inconnu” (unknown) in red. Cover opened out for display. Some red ink smudging on reverse.