Lot 20191 – 1905 Red-band cover with contents written in Esper

1905 Red-band cover with contents written in Esperanto written from MUKDEN, Manchuria, 21 1 05 (New Style) to England franked pairs of Russian Arms issue 2k and 3k tied by MUKDEN Type 3B dated 9 1 05 (Old Style = 21 1 05 New Style in blue). Encircled script cachet in black translates: SEAL OF CENSORSHIP BRANCH GENERAL HEADQUARTERS. Yeovil arrival backstamp. After the fall of Lyaoyang to the Japanese in September 1904, Russian G.H.Q. moved to Mukden, until this too was taken by the Japanese in March 1905. Russian Mukden cancellations are generally only seen in black and on stampless military mail.