Lot 20351 – 1905 Viewcard to St Petersburg from hospital train
Lot 20351 – 1905 Viewcard to St Petersburg from hospital train
Russia » Russo-Japanese War
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Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
200 EUR
Auction date
Tue 2 Dec 2014 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1905 Viewcard to St Petersburg from hospital train travelling on the Trans-Siberian Railway, dateline “10/X 905” postmarked three days later with green cds: STATION MOSKALENKI/SIBERIAN RAILWAY 13 10 05. Violet circular free-frank cachet reading around Imperial Eagle: 32nd SIBERIAN MILITARY-MEDICAL TRAIN.
Although hostilities between Russia and Japan had ceased in September 1905, the Siberian Hospital Trains were kept busy for several months evacuating wounded soldiers from the Manchurian hospitals. Auction
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