Lot 20385 – 1907 Manchurian viewcards to France and Germany, b

1907 Manchurian viewcards to France and Germany, both franked 4k in ‘Kitai’ stamps and cancelled respectively with Old Style datestamps: 29th RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE ‘a’ (9 2 07) and ‘b’ (9 3 07), the latter with New Style dateline “St. Mandzhuria 21/II/07”. This office was situated at Manchuli railway station and at this time was open to civilian usage. ‘Kitai’ stamps were not stocked in the Manchurian offices at this time but were accepted for postage when supplied by the customer.