1918 (9 July) cover with French 25c blue, tied by Tresor et Postes pmks, addressed to Canada, with "Poste Albanaise Censure" labels, also violet Korce censor cachet, cover roughly opened, rare usage by the French Forces in Albania during WWI (Image)

Est.$500

1919 (21 May) cover to USA, with Army Post Office SX22 (Batum) cds, with violet "Passed by Censor No.49" handstamp alongside; also another cover with embossed emblem of the Royal Flying Corps, "Field Post Office T 27" (Tiflis, Train 27th Division), "Passed by Censor No.63", endorsed "O.A.S.", fine and scarce correspondence from British Troops in Batum and Tiflis (Image)

Est.$250

1919 (May) On His Majesty's Service, legal size envelope canceled on reverse Indian FPO 81 (Baku), with "Passed by Censor No.529" handstamp, addressed to Paymaster Eastern Command London, cover roughly opened, with tears at bottom, rare (Image)

Est.$200

1919 (10 May) cover from England to a British officer in Salonika, franked with 1p red, canceled "30 May Army Post Office SX5" (Likovan, Greece) and forwarded to Tiflis, with "Field Post Office D27" (Tiflis, Divisional Headquarters) transit and "Field Post Office T27" (Train 27th Division) arrival postmark on 27 June, 1919 on back, returned to sender (wife of the officer) (Image)

Est.$250

1919 (11 Jan) "Active Service" cover to Glasgow, with "A Field Post Office 81" (81st Infantry Brigade, Tiflis and Kars, Armenia), also a postcard of Central Lake, Baku, transit and arrival docketing on back, fine (Image)

Est.$250

1919 (5 Feb) Greek 10L stationery postcard (Kerkura), canceled Field Post Office 80 (Batum), with violet "Passed by Censor No.52" handstamp alongside; also picture postcard (views of the Caucasus), canceled 24 March "Field Post Office T 27" (Tiflis, Train 27th Division), "Passed by Censor No.353", with Blackmore arrival pmks, fine and scarce correspondence from British Troops in Batum and Tiflis (Image)

Est.$250

1918 (30 Sept) "O.A.S." endorsed cover to England, with "Army Post Office P.B.1" (Murmansk) cds, bearing "I Certify that there is no information contained in this letter that can be of service to the enemy" censor handstamp, roughly opened, with some backflap tears, fine, possibly the first day of use of this cancel (The first Army Post Office cancels appeared when the British arrived in Murmansk on September 27, 1918) (Image)

Est.$250

1918 (23 Dec) picture postcard (Kem) from Archangel to England, with "On Active Service with A.E.F. Siberia/No Stamps Available" handstamp, endorsed "C/o Allied YMCA" and censored by both U.S. and British, the latter with oval handstamp, fine and apparently rare usage (this cachet was for YMCA personnel only) (Image)

Est.$150

1918 25 September and 23 December picture postcards (Murmansk and Archangel) to England, first one endorsed "On Active Service", with "X15" censor cachet (written before the Army cancels arrived) and red London Paid arrival markings, the second canceled Field Post Office P.B.66 (Kandallaksha) with "X20" censor handstamp (Image)

Est.$200

1919 Great Britain 5sh Carmine (Seahorses), tied on piece by "Field Post Office P.B. 66" (Obozerskaya) postmark, dated 3 Apr 1919, fine and rare usage of a 5sh stamp to pay postage from North Russia (Image)

Est.$250

1919 (28 May) picture postcard specially produced for the North Russia Expeditionary Force, with Army Post Office departure cds and "X52" censor handstamp, addressed to England, fine. Only a few of these postcards are known postally used (Image)

Est.$250

1919 (30 Apr) postcard to England, with "Field Post Office P.B. 66" (Obozerskaya) postmark, oval "PE/C/28" censor handstamp, minor toning, otherwise fine (Image)

Est.$150

1919 (30 Apr) picture postcard ("Royal British Aviation Squadron in France") to England, endorsed "O.A.S" and franked with 20k Russian adhesive (unnecessary, as postage was not required when on active service), tied by "Field Post Office P.B. 77" (Emetskoye) postmark, "Passed by Censor" handstamp below, fine (Image)

Est.$150

1919 (7 Aug) registered "Banque de Commerce et de l'Industrie du Nord / Archangel" cover franked with 2x1r Arms, tied by Archangel departure cds and addressed to Brussels, with four line "Intelligence/G.H.Q. Northern Russia Exp. Force/Passed by Censor" cachet, also Russian "Received and entered in private log book" marking on back (Russian Post Office devised a way that firms recorded their registered mail in their own log books), London Registered transit pmks on back, fine (Image)

Est.$250

1919 (Sep) picture postcard and cover from England to Archangel, each with appropriate franking, the former with four line "Intelligence/G.H.Q. Northern Russia Exp. Force/Passed by Censor" cachet, the latter "Opened by Censor" label applied on arrival. Late incoming mail from England (Image)

Est.$250

1919 (1 Jan) bilingual "The North Collectors' and Correspondents' Journal Russia-Archangel-Solombala" registered cover to England, franked on back with imperf. block of 4x15k Imperial Arms, tied by Solombala cds, violet Russian "Authorized Military Censor", with Opened by Censor label applied on arrival (apparently not censored by the Allied Intelligence Censorship Division A.I.C.D.), fine and rare Authorized Military Censor strike on Civilian Mail from North Russia (Image)

Est.$250

1919 (15 Sep) registered cover from Archangel to England, with 1r Russian franking, tied by departure cds and registered handstamp, round "C.I.A. Censure Military Archangel 6" cachet (used by A.I.C.D., Censored Inter Allied (CIA), backstamped on arrival, fine (illustrated in Rossica (Journal 116, 1991) (Image)

Est.$150

1919 (11 Jan) cover with 35k franking, used from Kozhskaya to Archangel, with additional departure and arrival pmks on back, also round "C.I.A. Censure Military Archangel 6" cachet (used by A.I.C.D., Censored Inter Allied (CIA), filing fold away from the stamps, fine and unusual censored internally used Civilian mail (illustrated in Rossica (Journal 116, 1991) (Image)

Est.$150

1919 (23 Sep) On His Majesty's Service cover to "Syren" Force in Murmansk, with Field Post Office P.B.88 (Medvedya Gora) cancel, fine and scarce internal usage All Allied units stationed south of Murmansk began withdrawing on 25th September, 1919 ("Syren" was the code name for the component of the British North Russia Expeditionary Force sent for service at Murmansk) (Image)

Est.$150

1919 (3 Jan), Feb 6 and Feb 24, three free frank covers to England, Field Post Office P.B.33, Field Post P.B.86 and Fieldpost P.B.22, with "X21", "X12" and "X20" censor handstamps, one with pre-printed "On His Majesty's Service" and addressed to Command Paymaster, Eastern Command, backflap missing, otherwise fine group of covers sent in the middle of Russian winter (Image)

Est.$200

1919 (12 Sep) On Active Service cover to Leeds, with Army Post Office P.B.2 (Archangel) cancel, also "Passed by Censor" handstamp below, with accompanying letter ("will be home in three to four weeks"), v.f. Archangel was evacuated on 27th September, 1919 (Image)

Est.$150

1918 balance of the collection, 26 covers or cards, written-up on 21 pages, Army Post Office markings include "P.B.1", "P.B.2", "P.B.55" (Beresniki), Field Post Office "P.B.66" (Obozerskaya), "P.B.44" (Bakaritza), "P.B.13" (Troitsa/Grogan's Brigade), "P.B.14" (Yakovlevskoye/Sadler Jackson's Brigade), "P.B.12" (Onega), Bisley Camp, personal censor mark of Maj. J.Haig-Smith (assistant director of Army Postal Services), "Received from H.M.Ship No Charge to Be Raised", "Field Post Office 200" (British Russian Relief Troops), "P.B.99" (Kola), "Field Post Office P.B.88" (Medvedya Gora/Slavo British Regiment), two incoming letters from England and Hong Kong to Vladivostok, various censor markings, many with letters, mixed condition, excellent, well researched group (Image)

Est.$1,000

1918-19 group of 15 covers and cards, mostly to England, variety of APO and FPO markings, censor cachets, etc., mixed condition, few cover faults noted, mostly fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.$1,000

1919 (23 May) 2p registered envelope, with Army Post Office P.B.2 (Archangel) cds, repeated alongside on the Registered label, addressed to London, with "Passed by Censor Hospital Ship E.0126" handstamp (stated to be the only recorded), London arrival (3 June), fine (Image)

Est.$250

1919 (23 June) "On Active Service" free frank cover with "London Received from J.M. Ship No Charge to be raised" handstamp, with contents letter "H.M.S. Hyderabad" datestamp, endorsed "Up River", written by William W.Keir, Surgeon Commander, down Dwina River in support of land forces. In this letter he discusses a wounded officer who died onboard the ship. A fine Naval cover (Image)

Est.$150