50th Auction Anniversary Auction - Day 3

Japan - Besonderheiten: Russo-Japanese war,1905, POW card by Japanese from russian POW camp Tsitsiha
Russo-Japanese war,1905, POW card by Japanese from russian POW camp Tsitsihar with violet "Correspondence des prisonners de guerre." with senders dateline "Tsitsihar March 15" to Ibaraki prefecture, Japan. Two line violet "Censorship passed / F.J.V.D.K.G." Large red colour marking of "St. Petersbourg Bureau de Renseignements.." (POW matter office). Vertical crease at left. - Very few POW cards from Japanese POW are recorded, almost exclusively from japanese merchant ship staff in russian ports which is not the case here. Rarity.