Lot 10012 – PORT ARTHUR: 1901 Money transfer card for 100 roub

PORT ARTHUR: 1901 Money transfer card for 100 roubles sent by telegraph by crew member of the cruiser ‘Admiral Kornilov’ at Port Arthur to a wife at the naval base of KRONSHTADT, charges paid by 3k, 5k strip of 3 + 7k tied by violet PORT ARTHUR Type 2d 4 III cds’s, scribbled ‘Telegraph’ in red crayon and ‘O’ in blue crayon to denote paid (Oplacheno), fine Note: The ‘Admiral Kornilov’ was one of the older unarmoured vessels of Russia’s Pacific Fleet, built at St Nazaire, France in 1887 and refitted in 1895