Lot 20346 – 1905 Registered postcard from a Cossack officer wi

1905 Registered postcard from a Cossack officer with his photograph affixed to the obverse from MAI-MAI-KAI, Manchuria to a lady friend in Kramatorskaya, a few days after the Treaty of Portsmouth (5 Sept.1905) had ended the Russo-Japanese War. Contents include: “Greetings from far-away Manchuria. In two days we shall go to Bukhai, near Harbin, where we shall be dispersed…You cannot break a Cossack…” Franked pair of 5k Arms issue cancelled FIELD POST OFFICE GENERAL HEADQUARTERS 2nd MANCHURIAN ARMY (3) 13 IX 1905. Registration label reads: FIELD POST OFFICE ATTACHED TO GENERAL HEADQUARTERS COMMAND 2nd MANCHURIAN ARMY. This was a mobile F.P.O. following the unit in its travels.