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United States Intervention in South Russia

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5061

1919-22 selection of eight covers or cards on exhibit pages, with "American Relief Administration" cover from Tiflis, forwarded via APO 975 through the U.S. Army Courier Service to Urbana, Ohio, American Committee for Relief in the Near East covers from Tiflis and Giumru (Armenia), mailed via the British APO (SX 22 at Batum, or Y1 at Constantinople), American Naval presence in South Russia, with "U.S.S. Chattanooga", "U.S.S. Noma", "U.S.S. Overton" and "U.S.S. Smith Thompson" markings, including ""Sevastopol Russia", "Batum Russia", "Constantinople Turkey", etc., mixed condition, very rare group of mail from the U.S. Forces in South Russia (which were committed not to become involved in the Russian Civil War) (Image) (image 5061a) (image 5061b) (image 5061c)

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Current Opening Price...$2,300.00
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United States Army at War - World War II

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5062

1941-48 Postal Markings of the American Base Forces, large part of originally 10-frame exhibit with 220+ covers or cards (some pages or items have been removed by Mr. Kugel to use in other exhibits), presented in numerical order, based on the APO numbers assigned by the Army, Navy and the Marines, mail from Newfoundland, Bermuda, Trinidad, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Bahamas, Antigua, British Guiana, Greenland, Iceland, Aruba, Curacao, Northern Ireland, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Peru, Australia, Fiji, Canton Island, Christmas Island, French Polynesia and New Guinea. Also included are examples of mail from Hawaii and Philippines. An extraordinary array of "American Base Forces" markings, Registered Mail, some unusual frankings, censor markings and more. Covers are described in detail, showing remarkable reach of the U.S. Army and Navy during WWII. For a full video of this lot please visit https://vimeo.com/1044775062

Current Opening Price...$2,300.00
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5063

1942-45 "The ALCAN Highway Project", a single frame (16 panes) exhibit of 27 covers or cards, mail from various APOs along the route, mail from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Official registered cover from the Office of the Chief of Engineers in Washington, D.C. to the Engineering Liaison Office on the Alcan Highway project, paying 30c Special Service fee, mail from HQ at Fort St. John, BC, others from Muskwa, Fort Nelson, Morris Lake, various "Free" frank letters from Watson Lake, Carcross, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, including Registered and censored mail, covers from engineering regiments on Canol Project, NWT, etc., mixed condition, very rare (following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, American leaders were concerned with the vulnerability of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska to Japanese aggression. Military leaders proposed a land route that would transport troops and equipment to Alaska and isolated outposts that otherwise would have to be supplied by air and sea. Wartime necessity put into action prewar plans for the construction of a road through the Canadian wilderness from Dawson's Creek to Fairbanks. The U.S.Army sent an Engineer provisional brigade of approximately 9,000 men that included segregated African American units. A total of 10,607 U.S. Army Engineer soldiers worked on the road, of which 3,695 were African American. The difficulties encountered in building the Highway were enormous. First, the climate dictated that there were only four months of good construction weather, and even then poor conditions hindered topographic surveys, route reconnaissance, and construction itself. Frequent rain caused delays. Flies and mosquitos tormented the soldiers. The rest of the year brought extreme cold and deep snow. Second, soldiers were forced to live in tents year-round and frequently had to subsist on monotonous rations. Lack of heavy equipment, especially specialized machinery and tools, meant much of the clearing and transport work had to be done through arduous manual labor, exhausting soldiers already working extra shifts during the long summer days. Though the Japanese threat to Alaska and Canada that had prompted the construction of the Alaska Highway had faded by 1943, the road nevertheless served as a vital conduit for the construction of airfields and other military infrastructure. This infrastructure served not only routine coastal defense but also was a vital base to transfer Lend-Lease aircraft to the Soviet Union during the war. The highway opened to the public in 1948, allowing access to remote areas of Canada, and has become a popular scenic tourist route, a notable legacy for what was a significant military engineering achievement of U.S. Army Engineers) (Image) (image 5063a) (image 5063b) (image 5063c) (image 5063d) (image 5063e) (image 5063f) (image 5063g) (image 5063h) (image 5063i) (image 5063j) (image 5063k) (image 5063l) (image 5063m) (image 5063n) (image 5063o)

Current Opening Price...$900.00
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5064

Naval and Maritime Mail. 1923-41 U.S. Naval Mission to Brazil, collection of 26 covers or cards to USA, various Naval cachets and frankings, including a registered cover with "U.S. Naval Mission to Brazil c/o Foreign Station Post Office New York, N.Y." handstamp, franked with 3x500r definitive stamps, tied by "Navmis/Rio" cds, with 19 Aug 1940 arrival pmk, backflap partly missing, fine cover (prior to the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Brazil maintained positive commercial and diplomatic relations with both Allied and Axis powers. Despite its traditionally strong ties with the United States, by 1940 Brazil had become Germany's leading export market outside Europe and its ninth largest trading partner. Additionally, Brazil hosted significant and influential German, Italian, and Japanese diaspora communities. Following the U.S. entry into the war in December 1941, the Joint Brazil-U.S. Defense Commission was established and Brazil severed diplomatic relations with Germany, Japan, and Italy in January 1942, and allowed the establishment of U.S. air bases on Brazilian soil to counter Axis naval activities) (Image) (image 5064a) (image 5064b) (image 5064c) (image 5064d) (image 5064e) (image 5064f) (image 5064g) (image 5064h) (image 5064i) (image 5064j) (image 5064k) (image 5064l) (image 5064m) (image 5064n) (image 5064o) (image 5064p) (image 5064q)

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Current Opening Price...$450.00
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5065

Naval and Maritime Mail. 1942 "World War II Pacific Navy Location Code Names", a single frame (16 pages) exhibit of 23 covers, mail from Sydney, N.S.W. ("Project Brashat"), Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides ("Button"), Manus, Admiralty Islands ("Chestnut"), Guadalcanal ("Club One"), Noumea, New Caledonia ("Epic"), Auckland, New Zealand ("Fulcrum"), Tulagi, Solomon Islands ("Ringbolt"), Efate, New Hebrides ("Roses"), Upulu, Western Samoa ("Strawhat"), etc., different Naval handstamps, censored markings, registered mail and more. A captivating insight into the identification system used by the U.S. forces in the Pacific, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (Image) (image 5065a) (image 5065b) (image 5065c) (image 5065d) (image 5065e) (image 5065f) (image 5065g) (image 5065h) (image 5065i) (image 5065j) (image 5065k) (image 5065l) (image 5065m) (image 5065n) (image 5065o)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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United States Army at War - World War II American

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5066

1941-43 collection of 27 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing markings used by the American Army, Navy, U.S.Marine Corps and supporting forces in Iceland during World War II. There are earliest and latest recorded usages, "Marines Mail", "American Base Forces A.P.O. 810" pmks, covers with U.S. franking, one with 10c Special Delivery stamp, Registered Mail, "U.S. Navy" from the "U.S.S. Biddle", Fleet Air Base, etc., mixed condition, seldom offered. (Great Britain, which initially occupied Iceland to keep it out of German hands, needed her troops elsewhere, and requested that US forces occupy the island. On July 7, 1941, President Roosevelt announced that "The American Forces have landed in Iceland". The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade of 194 officers and 3,714 men from San Diego under the command of Brigadier General John Marston anchored off Reykjavik) (Image) (image 5066a) (image 5066b) (image 5066c) (image 5066d) (image 5066e) (image 5066f) (image 5066g) (image 5066h) (image 5066i) (image 5066j) (image 5066k) (image 5066l) (image 5066m) (image 5066n)

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Current Opening Price...$900.00
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UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Guam

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5067

1901-40 partial exhibit on pages, 18 covers or cards, including Official cover from Agana to Department of the Navy in Washington, D.C., incoming mail from Philippines, Hong Kong, double "Guam" duplex pmks on covers and cards with U.S. franking, Registered Mail, later pmks, Guam Guard Mail (M3,4) on locally addressed covers, later Guard Mail issues on cover, also a group of post WWII covers or cards, one sent in 1946 to a our own young Alfred Kugel (Image) (image 5067a) (image 5067b) (image 5067c) (image 5067d) (image 5067e) (image 5067f) (image 5067g) (image 5067h) (image 5067i) (image 5067j) (image 5067k) (image 5067l) (image 5067m) (image 5067n)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Philippines

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5068

Naval and Maritime Mail. 1898 (27 Apr) cover with "U.S.S. Olympia" handstamp to "Commanding Officer U.S.S. Naval Station Portsmouth New Hampshire", franked with Hong Kong "10 Cents" on 30c gray green (Scott 69), tied by departure cds, with Vancouver transit and Portsmouth arrival pmks on back. This cover was posted on "U.S.S. Olympia" (Commodore Dewey's flagship) on the afternoon of the day Dewey sailed from Hong Kong for the Philippines. Four days later, May 1, 1898 the Battle of Manila Bay, the U.S. Navy defeated the Spanish Pacific Fleet, resulting in fall of the Philippines and contributing to the final U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War. The resounding American victory made Commodore George Dewey a national hero (Image)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Midway Island

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5069

1905-45 "Midway Island Mail", a single frame (16 pages) exhibit of 35 covers or cards, with a 1913 cover franked with 2c Parcel Post, canceled "Midway Island H.Isls", other steel duplex pmks with similar markings used 1905-18, one sent to Guam, Naval usage, "U.S.S. Simpson", "U.S.S. Avocet", first Navy flight from Pearl Harbor to Midway and back, Naval Maneuvers mail, Pan-Am Survey Flight (June 18, 1935 and Aug.13 to J.T.Trippe), straight-line datestamps, private cachets, Defense Battalion pmks, Naval Air Base and Registered covers, 1942-43 Marines and U.S. Navy markings, mixed condition, interesting collection (Image) (image 5069a) (image 5069b) (image 5069c) (image 5069d) (image 5069e) (image 5069f) (image 5069g) (image 5069h) (image 5069i) (image 5069j) (image 5069k) (image 5069l) (image 5069m) (image 5069n) (image 5069o) (image 5069p) (image 5069q)

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Current Opening Price...$450.00
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ALBANIA

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5070

1913-17 eight covers or cards, including two registered covers from Vlone to Austria and Germany, franked with the Provisional Government adhesives, WWI usages from Durazzo, Skrapak, Korytsa and Valona, all written-up on exhibit pages, fine (Image) (image 5070a) (image 5070b) (image 5070c)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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5071

1919-26 selection of 29 covers or cards used during the Second Provisional Government and Republic, variety of frankings and destinations, well described on 18 exhibit pages, with respect to rates, origins and destinations, some outstanding items include a censored cover from Elbasan to Sacramento, with 2x5c green Parcel Post Postage Dues, registered cover from Lushne to Sydney, Australia, new value surcharges on cover to USA, Romania, Money Order with 25q surcharge, 1923 Pictorials on covers, various provisional surcharges, scarce overprints, two Air Post covers, etc., fine lot (Image) (image 5071a) (image 5071b) (image 5071c) (image 5071d) (image 5071e) (image 5071f) (image 5071g) (image 5071h) (image 5071i) (image 5071j) (image 5071k) (image 5071l) (image 5071m) (image 5071n) (image 5071o) (image 5071p) (image 5071q)

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Current Opening Price...$700.00
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5072

1928-38 collection of 36 covers or cards on 21 exhibit pages, various issues, Registered mail, souvenir sheets, Zeppelin and Flight covers, origins and destinations, unusual markings, one from the Italian steamship "Brioni", "Kingdom of Albania" overprints on covers and Parcel card, plus many others, fine and highly attractive representation. For a full video of this lot please visit https://vimeo.com/1045146108

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Current Opening Price...$900.00
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ALBANIA Central Albania

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5073

1914-15 partial and well described 14-page exhibit with 24 covers and cards, showing various historical episodes in Albanian history, with Essad Pasha government, cover bearing two strikes of the commemorative postmark honoring the establishment of the local Senate, franked with 2x20para typewritten surcharges, sent from Durres to Trieste, covers franked with the Crescent handstamp in Arabic on new issue with bilingual "Central Albania" (in French and Albanian), one from Skrapar, another from Durazzo to Valona, others from Lesh to Shkoder, with rare "Scutarie d'Albanie" Registry label, another used in combination with Serbian franking, sent from Elbasan, to Pequin. There are covers and cards from North Albania, one to New York, others to France and Egypt (rare), South Albania registered cover from Valona to Santi Quaranta in "Autonomous Epirus", postal stationery, 1914 covers from Shkoder to Lesh, franked with two blocks of 4x2q Skanderbeg, tied by gold ink cancels, registered and properly franked cover with "The Arrival of Prince William" overprints, registered cover with 5g surcharge, used from Durres to Prag, two postcards showing the arrival of Prince and Princess in Durazzo, one mailed to a sailor on board "S.M.Torpedoboot 31" at the Austrian Naval Base in Pola, fine and valuable assembly (Image) (image 5073a) (image 5073b) (image 5073c) (image 5073d) (image 5073e) (image 5073f) (image 5073g) (image 5073h) (image 5073i) (image 5073j) (image 5073k) (image 5073l) (image 5073m)

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Current Opening Price...$1,400.00
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ALBANIA Austro-Hungarian Occupation

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5074

Flight Covers. 1916 (17 Oct) 10q stationery card with additional franking, mailed from the Austro-Hungarian Army Base Post Office at Durazzo to Vienna, with red "K.u.K. Flugstutzpunkt Durz." military handstamp, additional markings, fine (Image)

Current Opening Price...$180.00
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ALBANIA French Occupation of Albania

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5075

1917-18 French Administration of Korytsa, four covers addressed locally or abroad to France and England, one with "Commandant Militaire Censure" handstamp, two others with oval censor handstamps, mixed condition, cover to Paris with portion of address excised, scarce (Image) (image 5075a)

Current Opening Price...$230.00
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ALBANIA Italian Occupation of Albania

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5076

1914-43 The Italians on Saseno (Sazan), collection of 10 covers or cards, well described on exhibit pages, showing three stages of Italian Involvement on Saseno, from the first Military Occupation into the post-World War I period, followed by the formal annexation in 1923 and use of Italian postage on the island for the next 20 years. The collection includes censored mail, Fieldpost "Comando Distaccamento R.Marino Sasseno" markings, "Isola Saseno Comando", "Saseno/Isola", Registered cover used 12 Mar 1943 to Bazi, with a new unit cachet ("Headquarters Royal Navy Detachment Saseno"), mixed condition, unusual group (Italy occupied Saseno in 1914 and established a military post. After World War I, Albania formally ceded the island to Italy and it became administratively part of Lagosta, in the province of Zara. In those years the Italian authorities built a lighthouse and some naval fortifications, and populated the island with a few families of fishermen relocated from Apulia. The island was united with the Italian Governorate of Dalmatia in 1941 during World War II and ceded back to Albania in 1947) (image 5076a) (image 5076b) (image 5076c) (image 5076d) (image 5076e) (image 5076f) (image 5076g) (image 5076h) (image 5076i)

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Current Opening Price...$450.00
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ALBANIA Serbian Occupation of Albania

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5077

1915 Serbian troops in Albania, eight covers and cards, including postcards written from Tirana to Knjazavac, covers with Serbian franking, straight line handstamps "TIRANE" and "ELBASAN", other military handstamps, registered mail. Tirana bilingual cds on Serbian postal stationery card to Praha, Tirana and Elbasan transit marks; cover to Debar, etc., fine and scarce group (Image) (image 5077a) (image 5077b) (image 5077c) (image 5077d)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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ALBANIA Kosovo Region

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5078

1942-43 selection of 11 covers or cards on exhibit pages, with registered cover from "Istok" to Palermo, POW card from Gjakove, registered cover from "Gjilan" to another Prisoner of War inmate at Stalag VIIB/I, card from "Liplanji" to a Concentration Camp in Bergamo, POW lettersheet from "Orahovac" (both extremely rare), registered "Express" covers from "Peje" to Cetinje and Ustica-Palermo, card from Prizren to Milano, flown, censored cover from Prizren "Posta Arjore" to Geneva (Diena certificate), large part of "Prizren Mandat Poste" (previously unrecorded marking) money order used to send 300francs, registered cover from "Prishtine" to Istanbul, finally a POW lettersheet from "Suva Reka", fine and uncommon assembly showing postal history of Italian Occupation of Kosovo (Image) (image 5078a) (image 5078b) (image 5078c) (image 5078d)

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Current Opening Price...$9,000.00
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5079

1942 (14 Mar) registered, flown cover from "DECANE", franked with Italian Occupation stamps of Albania, tied by departure cds, with corresponding Registry label, addressed to a Prisoner of War held at Stalag XVII-B (located near Krems, Austria), opened by censor, various transit and Krems arrival pmks, fine and extremely rare usage from Decane (present day "Decan" in Kosovo) (Image)

Current Opening Price...$900.00
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5080

1942-43 (22 Jan) picture postcard from Ferizovic to Montalcone (Trieste), single 5q green tied by departure cds, boxed "Verificato per Censura" and arrival pmks. Also 1943 (11 June) registered cover to Ustica-Palermo, franked with 2x15q carmine, tied by "Ferizaj" departure cds, showing return address of "Stimplje-Ferizaj, Kosovo Albania", fine (the Slavic name "Ferizovic" was changed to Albanian "Ferizaj" in 1942) (Image)

Current Opening Price...$1,400.00
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