Via Siberia: 1902-1945
International Mail via the World's longest railway
Presented to the VIPS 26 July 2012
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Table of contents
The Vision
Typical Train
The Chinese Eastern Railway - Map
The TSR – A Siberian Lifeline
Periods of Operation
Endorsements
Vladivostok to Stuttgart, 1902
Vladivostok to Stuttgart, 1902 - reverse
Russian PO Peking to Berlin, 1902. No endorsement.
London-Manila: transit time 33 days
Harbin, 1904 & to London
Russo-Japanese War
Dublin-Moscow-Tientsin 1904
Peace: 1907 to 1914
Peace: 1907 to 1914
Canton, 1911 to Aarau
Saigon, 1913 to Geneva
To & From Canada prior to WW1
Russian PO, Peking, 1914 to Alexandria, Egypt
Chosen Railway, Korea
Japan to England via Korea
Tientsin-Pukhow Railway: Opened 1912
Parcel Service [Germany]
Ocean Island to Ireland, 1914
WW1 Pre Nov 1917: Japan to Switzerland
WW1 POW: Austria to Vladivostok
WW1 POW: Omsk to Hannover
WW1 The last mails. Moscow-USA via Siberia & Japan, 1917
Between the Wars: Peking to Italy
Peking, 1931 to Brazil, 1932
Hong Kong to Milan, 1931
Manchuria to Norway, 1929
Persia to China, 1930
China to Palestine, 1930
Tokyo to Argentina, 1935
Part flown mail 1937
Period 5: 1923 to 1939
Closed bag mail
WW2, Germany to USA, 1940
Netherlands to New York, 1940
To Germany & Sweden 1940-41
Denmark to Iceland, 1940
Denmark to Iceland, 1940 - reverse
Central Asia - Map
WW2, China to Switzerland
China to Switzerland, 1940
Victoria, BC to Japan, 1943-44
Lend-Lease 1945
The end of the story: After Potsdam
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