This picture postcard was sent in Peking (now Beijing) using the services
of both the Imperial Japanese Post Office and the French Army post office.

The card shows a view of Chyuzenji (also Chuzenji) Lake in
Nikko National Park 128 km north of Tokyo in Tochigi prefecture.

The card is franked with two 1899 1 s. light red-brown
Chrysanthemums (Scott 93) placed on the illustration side.

If you note the normal rectangle for stamps, someone
has beautifully drawn two doves facing each other.
I don't believe that this addition is a stamp.

The stamps are cancelled by two strikes of a violet PEKING | I.J.P.O. bridge CDS.
There is another strike on the address side.

The card was addressed to a telegrapher in the French 16th Colonial Regiment.
The card was received the next day.
A Pekin Corresces Aux Armees (Pothion type C) datestamp on both sides noted its arrival.

The sender provided a dateline on the picture side of the card.
He also wrote a message and his signature on the picture side as well.
This soldier sent quite a few cards to himself.
I have seen a number before.
This was one of several found in Simon Andrews.

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