Ref: DR21060
- £550.00
Russia. (Russian Post Office in Siberia). 1903. Picture post card of 'The old Cathedral, Tchita (Chita), Siberia dated '7th Sept 1903' addressed to France bearing Russia Yvert 41, 4k rose tied by KHILC STATION, Zaba-Ik J.D. date stamp '25/8' carried on the Baikal railway via Irkutsk and Zabaik Train Wagon 26/8' to Moscow '6-9' (19th Sept) with Paris arrival '22nd Sept 03'.
Card mentions the upcoming opening of the Trans-Siberian railway to Foreign mail.
Scarce item routed overland before the commencement of the Trans-Siberian Railway which opened in 1904.
Ex Desrousseaux.
