Lot 10137 – 1905 Manchurian viewcard addressed to Odessa with

1905 Manchurian viewcard addressed to Odessa with dateline « St. Chantu-Fu 6 Jan 05 » franked 3k cancelled same day on TPO HARBIN-265-PORT ARTHUR ‘d’ 6 1 05, fine Note: STATION CHANTUFU, between Kwangchentze and Mukden had no postal facilities and mail from there was collected by and cancelled on the TPO’s. At this time much of the southern part of the Line 265/266, including Port Arthur, was in enemy hands. After the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) the whole of the line up to Kwangchentze was ceded to the Japanese