Lot 20379 – 1906: Two Russian postal clerks newly transferred

1906: Two Russian postal clerks newly transferred to Manchuria send viewcards of the Trans-Siberian Railway to a nun in St Petersburg, showing the route they took. “The new address, where I have been transferred”, writes one : BUKHEDU, CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY. POST OFFICE – CLERK V.F.K. One card franked 3k, the other stampless, both endorsed BUKHEDU with green cds FIELD POST OFFICE (4) No. 26, dated 19 VIII 06 and 28 VIII 06 respectively. These cards pin-point the location of F.P.O. No. 26 at Bukhedu, a station of the C.E.R. east of Manchuli, North Manchuria, and confirm that after the Russo-Japanese War the Russians continued to staff and run the railway and its dependent postal system.