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LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
5041	E		1918 (1 Oct) registered cover to San Francisco, paying 1r (3x15k, 2x25k and 5k Postal Savings stamp), tied by "Suchanski Rudnik Prim." departure pmks, corresponding "Soutchanski Roud. Siberie, Russie d'Asie" Registry label, showing return address of a Sgt Halper, Med.Dept A.E.F. Siberia, with Yokohama transit and arrival pmk on back, opened and resealed by censor, fine (the Suchan Campaign involved clearing and subsequent occupation of the mining region around Suchan (currently Partizansk) in a climatically-unforgiving region of Siberia during the Russian Civil War) (Image)	Current Opening Price...$230.00 Will close during Public Auction
5042	E		1919 cover with "Russian Railway Service Corps" cover card cachet franked with 3x50k Imperial Arms, sent by Col. G.H. Emerson (general manager of the Great Northern, head of the RRSC) to his wife in St. Paul, Minn., self-censored, with "Passed by Military Censorship A.E.F. Siberia" and framed Russian censor handstamps, minor backflap tears, otherwise fine (Image)	Current Opening Price...$450.00 Will close during Public Auction
5043	E		1919 (3 July) cover endorsed "Soldier's Mail A.E.F. Siberia", canceled "U.S. Postal Agency Siberia", framed "A.E.F. Siberia Censored" handstamp, red "Fred Baily" personal handstamp, fine, one of only 6 (!) recorded (Image)	Current Opening Price...$230.00 Will close during Public Auction
5044	E		1919 "War Department Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces Siberia", two different official business envelopes, each endorsed "Soldier's Mail", each with a different censor cachet, one sent by Capt. Chapman, with letter to his mother in Pacific Grove, Calif., minor cover faults, scarce (Image)	Current Opening Price...$450.00 Will close during Public Auction
5045	E		1919 (9 Dec) Canadian YMCA corner card cacheted envelope (with letter), sent to Brooklyn, endorsed "Soldier's Mail", U.S. Postal Agency Siberia departure cds, with censor handstamp, fine and rare Canadian YMCA stationery envelope used by an American soldier in Siberia (Image)	Current Opening Price...$230.00 Will close during Public Auction
5046	E		1919 (21 Sep) "Officer's Mail" cover to London, franked with pair and block of 6x1c green, tied by U.S. Postal Agency Siberia departure cds, self censored by Maj.H.Melosky, "Passed by Military Censorship A.E.F.Siberia No.7" (C-14), additional C-1 unit cachet, minor cover wear, fine. This is the only recorded example of a double-weight letter (5 cents for the first ounce and 3 cents for an additional increment) to a foreign address. Although soldier's mail was usually free of postage, this did not apply for foreign destinations (Image)	Current Opening Price...$450.00 Will close during Public Auction
5047	E		1919 Special Stationery Official Business envelopes, three different sizes, each with a different "U.S.Postal Agency Siberia" departure pmk, both "Soldier's Mail" and "Officer's Mail" endorsements, sent to USA, fine-v.f. (Image)	Current Opening Price...$450.00 Will close during Public Auction
5048	E		1919 (6 June) Roessler cover with 3c Victory franking, tied by U.S. Postal Agency cds, with oval "Passed as Censored" hs below, v.f., attractive Roessler cover, one of only 19 recorded (Image)	Current Opening Price...$140.00 Will close during Public Auction
5049	E		1919 (24 Feb) cover (slightly reduced at left), paying 2c with 2x1c Columbians, tied by duplex pmks, with faint "Passed as censored" hs below, addressed to Willard Wylie in Beverly, Mass., minor cover flaws, unusual if not the only recorded franking from Siberia (Image)	Current Opening Price...$230.00 Will close during Public Auction
5050	E		1920 (8 Mar) cover sent by a Red Cross employee in Vladivostok to Manila, franked with single 2c carmine, tied by departure duplex, with "A.E.F. Siberia Passed as Censor" cachet (C-11) , slight toning, fine and scarce, late usage on cover to the Philippines (Image)	Current Opening Price...$450.00 Will close during Public Auction
5051	E		Registered Mail. 1920 (27 Feb) American Red Cross cover from Vladivostok to Worcester, Mass., franked with block of 4x2c carmine and 10c orange, tied by U.S. Postal Agency Siberia departure pmks, with "Registered" box (chipped lower left corner) alongside, further endorsed "Registered", censor handstamp, additional departure and Mar 31, 1920 arrival pmk on back, minor cover wear, fine and rare, latest recorded date for Registered mail from USPA Siberia (approximately 25 registered covers from Siberia are stated to exist) (Image)	Current Opening Price...$450.00 Will close during Public Auction
5052	E		Registered Mail. 1920 (11 June) War Department Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces, Siberia cover, endorsed "Soldier's Mail", franked with 10c orange, tied by "U.S Postal Agency, Siberia Registered" pmk, sent by Capt. Chapman to his wife in Pacific Groves, Calif., "Registered" box and A.E.F. Siberia Censored Handstamps, July 5 arrival pmk on back (approximately 25 (!) registered covers from USPA Siberia have been recorded) (Image)	Current Opening Price...$450.00 Will close during Public Auction
5053	E		Naval and Maritime Mail. 1918 (7 Sep) cover to Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, franked with Russian adhesives paying 30k, tied by oval "Vladivostok-Tsuruga Parakh." datestamps, endorsed "Soldiers Mail", with additional penciled message continuing on reverse, little toning, otherwise fine (during the forerunner period, the arrival of supply ships was uncertain, but regular mail service between Vladivostok and Japan and from there to the rest of the world was available to those willing to pay for it. The Vladivostok-Tsuruga Steamship pmk was used by ships of the Russian Volunteer Fleet and the Chinese Eastern Railway Maritime Company. It is one of the scarcest postmarks on AEF Siberia mail, with only a few examples recorded) (Image)	Current Opening Price...$700.00 Will close during Public Auction
5054	E		Naval and Maritime Mail. 1919 (5 Mar) picture postcard to San Francisco, endorsed "Sailor's Mail" and "U.S.N. Radio Stn Russian Island c/o American Consul Vladivostok, Siberia", "U.S. Navy" departure pmk, card processed by "USS Brooklyn" which was at Vladivostok at that date, fine and rare usage from a U.S. Navy radio station which operated on Russian Island (10 miles southeast of Vladivostok in Peter the Great Bay) (Image)	Current Opening Price...$450.00 Will close during Public Auction
5055	E		Naval and Maritime Mail. 1919 (30 May) YMCA corner card cover to San Diego, showing "U.S.N.Radio Sta. Vladivostok, Siberia, c/o Amer.Consul" return address, franked with 3c violet and 7c black (the original stamp had fallen off and was replaced by a hinged-on copy to restore a similar appearance), "Registered Return Receipt Requested" handstamp at bottom, two strikes of "U.S.Navy Registered" datestamps on back, with June 23 arrival pmks alongside. A rare cover, postmarked on either "USS Brooklyn" or "USS New Orleans", the only two U.S. warships at Vladivostok on that date (Image)	Current Opening Price...$700.00 Will close during Public Auction
5056	E		Naval and Maritime Mail. 1919-20 Marine Corps Mail from AEF Siberia, two covers and postcard displayed on exhibit page, with "U.S.S. Albany Vladivostok Siberia" (1 March 1920) cover endorsed "Marine Mail", a YMCA envelope to Utica, NY, with "U.S.S. New Orleans Vladivostok Siberia" (4 July, 1920), card to Honolulu, endorsed "A.E.F" (Apr 15, 1919) censored and charged "Postage Due 2 Cents" on arrival, mixed condition, extremely rare group, only four examples of Marine Corps mail are recorded from Siberia (Image)	Current Opening Price...$900.00 Will close during Public Auction
5057	E		Naval and Maritime Mail. 1920 (3 May) cover with letter (dated 20 Apr) to Chicago, endorsed "Officers' Mail" and "USS So.Dakota Vlad.Siberia", corresponding "U.S.S.South Dakota" May 3 1920 departure pmk alongside. The stationery lettersheet was originally headed "HQ American Expeditionary Forces Siberia", amended to read "Navy Department, American Naval Intelligence Officer Vladivostok" (The U.S.S. South Dakota, was an armored cruiser commissioned in 1908. It played a pivotal role in this nearly forgotten piece of American history, an armed conflict with Russian Bolsheviks in Siberia. By 1st April, 1920, the entire AEF was evacuated from Siberia) (Image)	Current Opening Price...$450.00 Will close during Public Auction
5058	E		Naval and Maritime Mail. 1920 (23 Mar) cover (slightly reduced at right) to West Chester, Pa, franked with 2c carmine, tied by U.S. Postal Agency Siberia departure cds, showing the return address of "U.S.A.T. So.Bend Vladivostok, Siberia", framed "A.E.F. Censored" cachet, fine. This cover is the only recorded use from the AEF Troopship from Siberia and the second latest date for mail from USAP Siberia (The United States Army Troop Ship "South Bend" made only a single trip to Siberia in order to evacuate the 31st Infantry. She arrived in Vladivostok on 20th March and departed on 31st March, 1920) (Image)	Current Opening Price...$700.00 Will close during Public Auction
5059	E		Prisoner of War Mail. 1918-19 selection of five pre-printed bilingual (Cyrillic and French) and U.S. "Base Prison Camp A.E.F. Siberia" POW cards, each with U.S. Postal Agency Siberia departure and various Censor markings, sent by Austro-Hungarian and German POWs from AEF administered POW Camps at Krasnaya Rechka, mixed condition, extremely rare (only a few AEF Siberia cards are recorded from the Krasnaya Rechka POW camp incarcerating 2,000 Germans captured in World War I, about 1,500 of them officers) (Image) Get Market Data for [United States Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$900.00 Will close during Public Auction
5060	E		Prisoner of War Mail. 1919-20 two cards from Pervaya Rechka POW Camp, one addressed to Austrian Tirol, bearing Russian and Japanese censor markings, the other card is sent from Hungary to Vladivostok and addressed to an inmate at the Japanese POW camp, extremely rare (Image)	Current Opening Price...$450.00 Will close during Public Auction