14-08-2025, 09:49 PM
Hi Roy ... very nice postcard! And, interesting.
It looks to me like a late use (1910) Indian FPO N9? (my best guess based on the low resolution scan). The Indian CEF was largely wound down by 1906 although some use continued at some of the treaty ports.
The Indian CEF used FPO numbers 1 - 20. If it is FPO 9, that number was assigned to the forward position at Yangstum (Yaangcun) during the 1900 campaign -- about 15-20 miles south of Tientsin. By 1910 Yangstun's military and postal function would have been long over. It may be that the CDS and the number was reassigned or that a small detachment of Indian troops under British Officers was still in North China and using the hammer on remaining CEF adhesives.
Sc. M22
I also notice that it was mailed via Siberia to a woman in England. No message and no OAS notation. And, no message or return address.
Interesting. (smile)
Source: https://www.indianpostagestamps.com/mili...atgpt.comI
It looks to me like a late use (1910) Indian FPO N9? (my best guess based on the low resolution scan). The Indian CEF was largely wound down by 1906 although some use continued at some of the treaty ports.
The Indian CEF used FPO numbers 1 - 20. If it is FPO 9, that number was assigned to the forward position at Yangstum (Yaangcun) during the 1900 campaign -- about 15-20 miles south of Tientsin. By 1910 Yangstun's military and postal function would have been long over. It may be that the CDS and the number was reassigned or that a small detachment of Indian troops under British Officers was still in North China and using the hammer on remaining CEF adhesives.
Sc. M22
I also notice that it was mailed via Siberia to a woman in England. No message and no OAS notation. And, no message or return address.
Interesting. (smile)
Source: https://www.indianpostagestamps.com/mili...atgpt.comI
Hugh MacDonald, Wolfe Island
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