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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
These must be made to:
Russo-Japanese War Research Society for their kind
permission to reproduce details from their website at
- http://www.russojapanesewar.com/index.html
Philip Robinson for his invaluable help in translating the
Russian language items of postal history into English.
Kenneth Clark of the Japanese Philatelic Group (www.japanphilatelic.com)
for the kind loan (with translations) of
the Japanese items, from his Gold Medal display at Japex
‘02, to illustrate the Japanese side of this conflict.
Map 2.
month and then the day. Just to
add to the confusion the year
is displayed as the number of
years since the Emperor came
to the throne; thus the year
37 and 38, being the 37th and
38th years of the Meiji Emperor
of Japan, and representing the
years of 1904 and 1905 respectively.
This method of denoting
the year was the same system
used by the Chinese during
their period of Imperial rule.
Conclusion
It can be seen that this conflict
eventually defeated the
Russians, but it was at the cost
of a great many lives. Even
though there are a number of
postal history items from the
soldiers on both sides of this
conflict, those sent just before
or after a major battle are very
elusive to find in good condition.
The scarce items are those
that were sent to the war zone,
as these were usually destroyed
either by the actions of the war
or just by being lost in transit
by the addressee.
Postal history is normally a
fascinating study of mail, but
when attached to an event such
as this, it puts everything into
context and brings the event to
life. *
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