Autumn Auction

1904 Insured money-letter for 30 roubles sent by officer with 12th SIBERIAN (BARNAUL) INFANTRY REGIMENT to Germany franked on reverse 4k, 10k and 20k (tone spot). Wax seals and cancellations read: SIBERIAN ARMY CORPS FIELD POST OFFICE No. 4, the latter applied 22 10 04 with another strike the next day; passed to MUKDEN P.O. 24 10 04 and received at HEAD FIELD POST OFFICE (HARBIN) 29 (10) 04.
Violet circular cachet of DISTRICT HQ OF ADMINISTRATION OF MILITARY DISTRICT OF THE ARMY IN MANCHURIA, applied as a censor mark before the seals were affixed, suggests that this Siberian Army Corps F.P.O. was situated in Mukden.
Only one other example of the double-circle Mukden canceller with serial 'a' has been recorded. The Head F.P.O. canceller of small (25mm) format has not been reported previously.