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United States Army at War - World War I (AEF) continued...

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5021

Registered Mail. 1917-21 accumulation of 47 covers or cards in stock book, showing postmarks used by the AEF on registered mail, various Regular Issue frankings, Registered boxes, origins and destinations, provisional double circle pmks, Censored mail, MPES markings, parcel wrappings, YMCA covers, incoming mail, one returned to sender with "Organization Disbanded" hs, Officer's mail, covers from military hospitals, "Personal Receipt Demanded" markings, plus many more, mixed condition, excellent basis for exhibit (considering the vast amount of AEF mail available to collectors, only a handful of registered covers are known) For a full video of this lot please visit https://vimeo.com/1044774652

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Current Opening Price...$2,300.00
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5022

Naval and Maritime Mail. 1917-19 U.S. Naval Shore Bases in Europe, collection of 37 covers and cards on exhibit pages, variety of markings, including "Soldier's & Sailors Mail" March 1, 1919 pmk on card from Azores, "U.S. N. Base 13", covers from "U.S. Naval Base Nine" and "officers Mail" from Capt. Connelly U.S. Naval Post Officer, "Gibraltar, Spain", others from Ireland, Wales, England, France, Scotland, "U.S.N. Air Sta. La Trinite, Fr.", "U.S. Naval Base 14 France", sent by a sailor on "U.S.S. Lake Daraga", "Base No.8" (St. Nazaire), "U.S. Naval Port Office, Antwerp, Belgium", "American Naval Base Pauillac, France" on cover to England, framed "Trouve a la boite" hs, also two cards from "Porto Corsini" Seaplane patrol station, various censor marks, mixed condition, scarce and seldom offered assembly (Image) (image 5022a) (image 5022b) (image 5022c) (image 5022d) (image 5022e) (image 5022f) (image 5022g) (image 5022h) (image 5022i) (image 5022j) (image 5022k) (image 5022l) (image 5022m) (image 5022n) (image 5022o) (image 5022p) (image 5022q) (image 5022r)

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Current Opening Price...$900.00
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Occupation of Germany by U.S. Forces after WWI

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5023

Military Mail. 1918-23 single frame (16 pages) exhibit, with 38 covers or cards, variety of MPES (Military Postal Express Service) markings, censored mail, APO numbers, Third Army cachets and pmks, including the rare "A.F.G." (American Forces Germany) in the bulls-eye of the duplex mark, Registered mail, some with impressive franking, card from the Rhine Flotilla, endorsed "Sailors Mail", also inbound mail, Military Mission in Berlin, etc., mixed condition, highly interesting presentation. For a full video of this lot please visit https://vimeo.com/1045116570

Current Opening Price...$900.00
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United States Army in Poland

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5024

Military Mail. 1919 selection of 13 covers or cards showcasing the American presence in post-WWI Poland, showing various free-frank markings, Postal Express Service No.975, with A.E.F. censor handstamps, card sent via APO 702, with 3c franking, American Red Cross M.P.E.S. No.702 corner cacheted cover with 2c franking, with official letterhead, sent from Warsaw to Granger, Texas, bilingual "American Relief Administration Mission for Poland" covers, one addressed to Hawaii; American Army and Navy in Danzig, one with "U.S. Navy Port Office Danzig, Germany" handstamp (possibly the only recorded example), fine and rare group of military mail from Poland (following World War I, the United States extended substantial aid to war-torn European countries through financial assistance, food, clothing, and technical support. This relief effort, initiated in Belgium in 1914, was later expanded to other nations, including Poland, which faced the challenges of the Bolshevik invasion and widespread infectious disease epidemics) (Image) (image 5024a) (image 5024b) (image 5024c) (image 5024d) (image 5024e) (image 5024f) (image 5024g) (image 5024h)

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Current Opening Price...$450.00
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United States Expeditionary Force in North Russia

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5025

1918-19 selection of 14 covers or cards on exhibit pages, expertly described showing progression of U.S. involvements, commencing with Troops in Transit (AEF units withdrawn from France and sent to Archangel), "Received from H.M. Ship/No Charge to be Raised" Naval mail, Field Post Offices, including "FPO BP 11" (Soroka), "FPO PB 33" (Pechenga), "FPO PB 44" (Bakharitza), "FPO PB 55" (Bereznik), "FPO PB 66" (Oberzerskaya), "FPO PB 77" (Emetskoye), "FPO PB 88" (Kem), "FPO PB 99" (Kola), incoming mail from Detroit and Toledo, variety of censor markings and endorsements, mixed condition, mostly fine or better (Image) (image 5025a) (image 5025b) (image 5025c) (image 5025d) (image 5025e) (image 5025f)

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Current Opening Price...$2,800.00
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5026

1918 (24 Nov) cover endorsed "Soldier's Mail", sent to Wisconsin, "Field Post Office P.B.66" departure pmk, "X20" censor hs, fine, extremely rare usage from "Oberzerskaya" (about 120km south west of Archangel, located on the rail line fought over by the Red Army and the counter-revolutionary Whites, with a high level of fatalities) (Image)

Current Opening Price...$290.00
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5027

1919 (10 July) American YMCA cover addressed to a soldier in North Russia, departure postmark "Third Army A.P.O. 740", with "Missent in Archangel P.B.Nr.4" hs applied on arrival, additional markings indicate that the postal service searched for the addressee who was probably in Murmansk, fascinating journey from a U.S. trooper with the Third Army in Germany to another with the AEF in North Russia, only recorded example of "Missent in Archangel PB Nr.4" marking (Image)

Current Opening Price...$700.00
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5028

1919 (3 July) YMCA corner card cacheted cover endorsed "American Soldier's Letter", canceled "Army T.P.O. No.1 / N.R.E.F.", addressed to Chicago, violet "A.E.F. Passed as Censored" cachet, minor cover tears, fine. The Traveling Post Office No.1 operated on a weekly schedule on the rail line between Murmansk and Soroka. Only five such covers have been recorded, one from a British and four from U.S. soldiers (Image)

Current Opening Price...$900.00
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5029

1919 (26 Apr) YMCA North Russian Expeditionary Forces corner card cacheted free-frank envelope, endorsed "soldier's mail", sent through the British P.B.2 Army Post Office to Pontiac, Mich., Censor label and oval hs, minor cover wear, fine (Image)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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5030

1919 (11 Feb) legal size envelope with pre-printed "Rev. John S.Landowski Chaplain - (unit designation excised) Infantry U.S.N.A.", endorsed "Officer's Mail", sent through the P.B.2 British Army Post Office to New York, censor's signature and hs, minor cover wear. This is the only recorded Personnel corner card cover with printed information necessary to secure the free frank from North Russia (Image)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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5031

1919 (11 Apr) YMCA corner card cacheted cover from Bereznik to USA, canceled "Field Post Office P.B.55", roughly opened and resealed by censor, with letter (extensively censored), noting "this has been one of the most hotly contested fronts in N.Russia", fine usage (Image)

Current Opening Price...$290.00
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5032

Naval and Maritime Mail. 1918-19 selection of 11 covers or cards from "U.S.S. Des Moines", "U.S.S. Olympia", "U.S.S. Eagle II", "U.S.S. Yankton", "U.S.S. Sacramento" and Hospital ship "Braemar Castle", three different locations ("Kola", "Yukanski" and "Archangel" recorded from U.S.S.Des Moines), cover from U.S.S.Olympia is marked "Official Business" and is addressed to the Secretary of the Navy, "Passed by Censor" handstamp, one of the covers has been redirected to "U.S.S. Sacramento" and is the only recorded cover to a U.S. Warship in North Russia, mixed condition, all expertly described on exhibit pages (Image) (image 5032a) (image 5032b) (image 5032c) (image 5032d)

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Current Opening Price...$2,300.00
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5033

Naval and Maritime Mail. 1919 two small covers to Danville, Ill., each endorsed "Soldier's Mail", canceled "U.S. Navy", sent from "U.S.S. Yankton" (a converted yacht, the ship carried two naval officers to Murmansk and when Rear Adm. Newton A. McCully arrived to take command of U.S. forces in North Russia, he took up residence on the "Yankton". During its stay, the ship took no active part in the military operations against Bolshevik forces located nearby, but served on patrols, with duty as radio ship at Murmansk, and as a military passenger transport between Murmansk and Archangel) (Image)

Current Opening Price...$700.00
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United States Postal Agency in Siberia

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5034

1918-20 balance of the exhibit on 13 pages, with 20+ items, beginning with shoulder patches of the American Expeditionary Force Siberia and American Expeditionary Force North Russia (Polar Bears), two special "Safe Arrival" cards for troops that accompanied General Graves from California and two from the second contingent (only 6-8 of these cards have been recorded), forerunner mail, AEF Troopships (USAT "Sherman" and USAT "Thomas"), large piece of a Registered Return Receipt package from A.E.F. Siberia to Toledo, with 1c, 5c, 10c (2) and Special Delivery 10c (one of only two examples of Special Delivery stamps used on AEF Siberia mail), Money Order coupons from Verhneudinsk, Khabarovsk, Spasskoye and Vladivostok showing "U.S.Postal Agency Siberia M.O.B." pmks, Field Service cards, Christmas Card (only recorded), Instructional handstamp inscribed "Not in Am.E.F.Siberia Address" on card from Japan, arrival postmarks of USPA Siberia branch stations in Khabarovsk and Spasskoye, etc. (Image) (image 5034a) (image 5034b) (image 5034c) (image 5034d) (image 5034e) (image 5034f) (image 5034g) (image 5034h) (image 5034i) (image 5034j) (image 5034k) (image 5034l)

Current Opening Price...$2,800.00
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5035

1918-20 selection of six covers sent by members of the Russian Railway Service Corps, the first Americans to go to Siberia. Included is a cover from Tsuruga, Japan, handstamped "Paquebot", sent by Col. Emerson care of American Consul in Harbin, with Russian franking, also a cover with 3c U.S. franking, U.S. Postal Agency Siberia to Duluth, Mn (both opened and resealed by censor, with additional handstamps), cover (reduced at left) paying 1.50r with Russian franking on both sides, Irkutsk-Krasnoyarsk TPO 198 departure datestamps, addressed to Omsk, incoming mail to RRSC, one from Altoona, Pa, the other from Nagasaki, Japan. A rare group (the Russian Railway Service Corps in Russia was a semi-military organization of American railway engineers and technicians formed by the Department of State in September 1917 at the request of the Provisional Government of Russia to operate the Trans-Siberian, Chinese Eastern, and Ussuri Railways. The first contingent of 350 men under the command of Colonel George Emerson arrived in Vladivostok on December 14, 1917. Shortly thereafter, they left for Nagasaki, Japan, because of unsettled conditions. In March 1918, the Corps returned to Russia and began its work under the direction of John F. Stevens, Chairman of the Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia and later President of the Interallied Technical Board) (Image) (image 5035a) (image 5035b)

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Current Opening Price...$900.00
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5036

1918-19 selection of five covers to USA, each showing a different censor tape or handstamp, including personal markings (Lt.B.J.Cryer; Capt., 31st Infantry), one Japanese lettersheet, two with Russian franking, one charged 8c U.S. postage due on arrival, all mounted on two exhibit pages, fine (image 5036a)

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Current Opening Price...$700.00
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5037

1918 (18 Sep) cover from a Pvt. Clinton R. Lamb "R.E.F. in Siberia", posted from Manila, violet "Paquebot" and "Passed by Censor" handstamps, censored "O.K. 1st Lieut.31st Inf.", addressed to Bloomfield, Colo., with Oct.26, 1918 arrival and redirected to Ft. Collins, censor label at left, stated to be the only recorded AEF Siberia cover forwarded on a ship to Manila, instead of waiting for one to the U.S. The free franking privilege was nevertheless honored and the letter was delivered to the mainland (Image)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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5038

1918 "U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai China", cover and postcard showing earliest (25 Sep 1918) and latest (17 Oct 1918) uses of the USPA Shanghai pmks by the AEF Siberia, both neatly described on exhibit page, each with framed censor cachet, endorsed "Soldier's Mail", fine and scarce (Image)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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5039

1918 (20 Dec) "Soldier's Mail" cover to California, with clear "U.S. Postal Agency Siberia" duplex steel postmark and the No.3 in the barrel, framed censor handstamp, minor cover mending, otherwise fine. This small steel handstamp with "3" in the killer bars is the scarcest and only recorded (!) of all known Siberian AEF cancelations (illustrated in Van Dam's handbook, page 165) (Image)

Current Opening Price...$900.00
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5040

1918 (28 Oct) YMCA corner card cacheted cover, endorsed "Soldier's Mail A.E.F. Siberia", canceled "U.S. Postal Agency Siberia", framed "A.E.F. Siberia Censored", additional violet "Censored W.J. Burianek 1st Lieut. Of Inf." personal handstamp, minor backcover faults, otherwise fine, possibly the only recorded example of this censor mark (Image)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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