Lot 20086 – 1904 7k Letter-card uprated 4k tied by DALNY KWANT

1904 7k Letter-card uprated 4k tied by DALNY KWANTUNG REGION/1/RAILWAY POSTAL BRANCH 13 VII cds used to send eye-witness account of Battle of Ta-shih-chiao to France, re-addressed to Moscow, by doctor on hospital train evacuating wounded, written on eve of Russian retreat (11724 July). Blue circular cachet of MILITARY-MEDICAL TRAIN OF EMPRESS ALEKSANDRA FEODOROVNA and magenta cachet of DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS OF MILITARY DISTRICT CONTROL OF MANCHURIAN ARMY, latter applied at Harbin. Dalny had been abandoned by the Russians 13/26 May. The railway station post office was relocated behind the Russian lines, still using the old canceller, at KUNGCHULING, a station of the CER between Tiehling and Kwangchentze. (See R.Casey: BJRP 91 (2004), p. 46)