Lot 20574 – 1897-1905 An attractive assembly comprising over 40 items, made up of covers/cards, newspapers, photographs, maps and other documents

1897-1905 An attractive assembly comprising over 40 items, made up of covers/cards, newspapers, photographs, maps and other documents, starting with an interesting pre-war section dedicated to mail sent from or addressed to Italian Consulates in China, mail from a soldier protecting the Italian Legation in Peking, rare Italian illustrated postcards related to the Boxer War Campaign (few in addition for the Russo-Japanese War), rare postcard from the R.N. “Perseo” with cds, mail from the Italian soldiers through the German or French P.O.’s, rare Italian military photographs, decree for the constitution of an Italian Royal Navy Detachment in China in 1902, Italian registration file for a soldier in the Boxer War, postcard from an Italian Marine in transit in Egypt to China, etc.