Lot 20315 – 1905 Coloured viewcard of Mukden registered to Kaz

1905 Coloured viewcard of Mukden registered to Kazan franked 1k strip of 3 (defective) and 7k (=3k postcard rate + 7k registration) cancelled HEAD CENTRAL FIELD POST OFFICE ‘z’ 22 8 05, no registration label, only manuscript ‘207’. Head Central FPO was originally located at Mukden, having been converted from Reserve FPO No.11. Ahead of the Japanese advance, it was relocated in February 1905 to Kwangchentze and in May 1905 to KUNGCHULING. Recorded « British Journal of Russian Philately » No. 49 (1973), p. 22 Also included picture postcard showing soldiers at Omsk, Siberia, embarking by train for the Far East, postally used from Omsk 21 8 05 to USA. Message says: « This is the way the Russian soldiers .are shipped to the front, packed like sardines in freight cars ».