Lot 20196 – 1905 Cover sent to Venice by doctor or nurse attac

1905 Cover sent to Venice by doctor or nurse attached to Hospital Train, redirected to Paris, blue circular cachet on reverse with abbreviated inscription reading in full: MILITARY-MEDICAL TRAIN OF STATE EMPRESS ALEKSANDRA FEODOROVNA. Franked 3k and 7k Arms issue cancelled on Chinese Eastern Railway TPO HARBIN -265 -PORT ARTHUR (b) 21 1 05. Transferred to route ‘266’ travelling back towards HARBIN, where passed to HEAD FIELD POST OFFICE ‘b’ 2 2 05 (backstamp) for examination by Military Censor. Pink resealing tape with Cyrillic initials of CENSORSHIP COMMISSARIAT OF AREA CHQ OF MILITARY DISTRICT OF THE ARMY IN MANCHURIA. Received Venice 12 3 05 and Paris 15 3 05 (=28 2 05 and 2 3 05 Old Style) Cover slightly soiled and with vertical crease.