Lot 20048 – 1903 Registered cover addressed in Czech and Russi

1903 Registered cover addressed in Czech and Russian « To Austria and Bohemia town Litomysl » now in Czech Republic, sent by bandmaster of 1st CHITA REGIMENT OF TRANSBAIKAL MILITARY COSSACKS from FEN-HWANG-CHEN, South Manchuria, franked on reverse 10k vertical pair tied by poor strikes of Russian P.O. with better strikes on front reading: FYNHUANCHEN’/1/FIELD POST-TELEGRAPH BRANCH 15 X (year omitted). ‘Z’ registration label with abbreviated inscription agreeing with cancellation. Transit marks of Trans-Siberian TPO’s: POSTAL WAGON No. 260 (3) (MANCHULI-CHITA) 24 X 1903; PW No. 242 (CHITA-IRKUTSK) 25 X 1903; PW No. 198 (IRKUTSK-KRASNOYARSK) 27 X . received Moscow 6 XI. Litomysl arrival 22 Nov 03. Only known item of mail from the Russian P.O. in Fen-Hwang-Chen.