PHILIPPINES, 1901, 8c Violet Brown (222). Two, tied by large grid ovals on registered 2c entire (U22), similarly cancelled, to Moscow, Russia, red "Registered, Manila, P.I., Sep. 2, 1905" datestamp also ties stamps, Messina and receiving backstamps, vertical file fold well away from stamps, some edge flaws, Very Fine, scarce, written after the Russo-Japanese War by Lieutenant Soldatenkoff who after the Battle of Tsushoma escaped on the cruiser Oleg to Manila

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