Lot 605

✉ RUSIA. 1917 (Oct. 9/21). Cover and contents to CHICAGO from a Captain in the 'Office of the Military Mission, Petrograd', with interesting contents "After the excitement with the (Elihu) Root Mission and my trip to the Front with General Scott was over...the Germans dropped six 105mm. shells at us...the Germans will get here in the autumn or next spring...the (Russians) have no Patriotism...the state of affairs at the front is woeful..The situation here is far from brilliant and people often sigh for the days when they had a Czar and Policemen as liberty seems a very prickly rose"....franked at double rate with two 10k. blue, sent via Diplomatic bag and cancelled on arrival in Washington (Nov 28) with violet cachet This article was originally mailed in country indicated by postage.