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LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

3081

112,113,115

1869 1c, 2c and 10c, each with "HIOGO JAPAN" undated double circle pmk in Roman letters, minor flaws, fine appearance, 2c with 1988 PFC, cat. $1880 (Cat No. 112,113,115) (Image)

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3082

114

1869 3c ultramarine, horizontal strip of three, stamps with split grills, canceled on piece by "Hiogo Japan" double circle undated pmks, rare usage, with 2016 PFC, cat. $1920 (Cat No. 114) (Image)

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SOLD for $625.00
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3083

115

1869 6c ultramarine, canceled by "Hiogo Japan" double circle undated pmks, fresh and fine stamp, pencil signed, rare, cat. $1725 (Cat No. 115) (Image)

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SOLD for $550.00
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3084

150

1870 10c brown, canceled by large undated "HIOGO JAPAN" cancel, creased, otherwise fine (Cat No. 150) (Image)

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SOLD for $150.00
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3085

146,148

1873 cover franked with 6c carmine (straight edge at left), bold "H" cancel, used with horizonal pair of 2c red brown, each stamp with identical bold "H"' cancels, one of which ties the pair at left, used on 1873 Blake correspondence cover from Hiogo, Japan to Boston, "U.S. Mail" manuscript endorsement at top left, red "San Francisco Paid All May 15" transit backstamp, with original contents headed "Hiogo 16th April 1873" (the letter deals with the estate of Frank Blake mentioning a plot of land in the "foreign concession" and the annual "police and municipality tax" and that "there are a good many lots in the concession held on speculation"), minor cover wrinkles, fine and most attractive rarity from Hiogo, Japan, paying 10c American Packet rate via San Francisco to Boston, carried on the Pacific Mail steamer "SS Japan" which departed from Yokohama and was in transit 21 days arriving in San Francisco on May 14th (The third postal agency to open in Japan was at the Consulate in Hiogo (now part of Kobe) on the island of Honshu, in March or April 1868. Prior to the introduction of a postmark with the Town Name, stamps on letters were canceled with a large "H". The "Blake correspondence" details the business travels and day to day activities in the Far East of Frank Blake, a U.S. businessman from Massachusetts. Starting in 1859, he did business in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Shanghai and Hiogo. In 1860 Mr. Blake was employed by the Augustine, Heard & Co. (a name, familiar to philatelists) and in 1863 was appointed head of their new operation in Bangkok. In 1869 he relocated to Hiogo, Japan which had been opened to foreign trade since January 1,1868. Mail service was started almost immediately by the United States Consulate with most mail sent via the Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company which began service to the Far East from San Francisco in 1867. Most significantly the covers from this correspondence and their contents confirm that the "H" cancelation was unquestionably used by the U.S. Post Office in Hiogo. There are a total of three of these covers in the Blake correspondence and only one other recorded on a printed circular) (Cat No. 146,148) (Image)

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3086

147

1873 (6 Feb) FL franked with 3c green, canceled by bold 5-bar grid, with "Nagasaki, Japan, 16 Feb" cds, addressed to J. Raud & Co., Yokohama, sender's endorsement "Par Golden Age", tiny cover tear at top, otherwise fine and extraordinary inter-consular usage from Nagasaki to Yokohama (a similar cover from the same correspondence, ex-Magnolia collection was sold in 2022 for $2,400 hammer) (Cat No. 147) (Image)

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3087

150

1873 cover franked with 10c brown, canceled by bold "H" of Hiogo, Japan handstamp on cover to Boston, with confirming original contents datelined "Hiogo 18 June, 1873"', endorsed "'U.S. Mail" at left, with San Francisco July 14 backstamp, some edge tears and cover wear, rare cancel used by the U.S. Post Office in Hiogo, Japan, ex-Christie's Robson Lowe Sale (Sept 27, 1995) (Cat No. 150) (Image)

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SOLD for $1,700.00
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3088

150

1873 cover from Yokohama to San Francisco, franked with single 10c brown, Foreign Mail cancel, with "Yokohama Japan" Sep 7 departure pmk alongside, San Francisco Sep 30 arrival, on reverse October 2, 73 docketing, minor toning at right (Cat No. 150) (Image)

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SOLD for $170.00
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3089

150

1874 (26 Apr) FL from Yokohama to Genova, Italy, franked with pair of 10c brown, Foreign Mail cancels, with "Yokohama Japan" departure pmk alongside, San Francisco May 19 and New York May 26 transit pmks, Verona and Genova arrival (10 June) on back, fine (The US postal service activities in Japan were to end by a postal convention between the two countries, ratified in April 1874. The Yokohama Agency was kept open until the end of 1875 because of problems with Hong Kong postal officials refusing to accept U.S. mail in the Japanese post. Japan started its own foreign mail service on January 1, 1875) (Cat No. 150) (Image)

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SOLD for $550.00
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3090

1874 (1 June) stampless cover ("Wachtels & Co. Japan" backflap imprint) endorsed "Via San Francisco Per Overland Route" to France, with local, carved out of wood "HIOGO JAPAN" around the dial cancel, "PAID" in the center, transit pmks of San Francisco (June 28), New York (July 8), "Ang.Amb. Calais" and "Paris a Clermont" (July 20), with St. Etienne (21 July) arrival on back. Diamond shaped British accountancy mark "G.B./3F60c" and charged "15" (decimes), indicate that the cover was treated as unpaid, in spite of the "PAID" Hiogo marking. A rarity, one of only two covers recorded with this locally made cancel (Image)

SOLD for $1,900.00
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United States Postal Agency in Siberia

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

3091

1918 (26 Nov) large, registered cover to Boston, "War Department" crossed out, handstamped "American Expeditionary Forces, Siberia", franked with Washington-Franklins 2c, 5c (2) and 10c, violet Registry box and "Return Receipt Requested" handstamp alongside, A.E.F. Siberia Censored cachet, arrival (22 Dec) pmk on back, some cover mending and faults, stated to be the only recorded "Return Receipt Requested" cover from AEF Siberia (Image)

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3092

1918 two picture postcards from Nagasaki, Japan to USA, each with 4sen franking, different "Censored" handstamps, sent by members of the RRSC, the sender of second card is "Leaving tomorrow (6 Aug 1918) for Vladivostok" (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 after, 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)

SOLD for $2,600.00
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3093

1918 (28 Aug) YMCA cover (with letter), with Russian 30k franking, canceled by oval "Vladivostok-Tsuruga" Steamship datestamp, addressed to DuBois, PA, sent by a member of RRCS in Vladivostok, opened and resealed by censor, with "Passed by Censor 2001" handstamp, cover roughly opened at right, fine (until 25 September, 1918, the only postal service available to the RRSC personnel was the Russian Post Office. Even after the US Postal Agency Siberia opened, the local inflation rate, made the Russian postage a bargain) (Image)

SOLD for $1,600.00
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3094

1919 (23 May) War Department, Official Business, legal size envelope, registered to New York, franked with 10c Franklin (straight edge at right), tied by U.S. Postal Agency Siberia "M.O.B." double circle departure pmk (repeated on back), Registered box showing chipped lower left corner, ascribed to Vladivostok, with self-censored "A.E.F. Siberia Censored" handstamp, signed by Lt. N.C. Streit (the sender), backstamped on arrival (June 25), some cover mending, otherwise fine. This is the only recorded Registered cover from Vladivostok with "M.O.B." datestamp (in this case, the postal clerk used the Money Order handstamp instead of the registry datestamp) (Image)

SOLD for $950.00
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3095

1919 U.S. Postal Agency Siberia, duplex pmk on YMCA cover to New Mexico, boxed AEF Siberia Censored handstamp, with "Opened by Censor No.10" label, with Santa Rita arrival (July 22) (Image)

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3096

1919 (20 Feb) U.S. Postal Agency Siberia, duplex pmk on Roessler cover franked with 3c Washington, oval "AM.E.F. Siberia Passed as Censored Lieut.Lester K. Ade Base Censor", roughly opened at top, with small piece missing from the front, one of only 19 Roessler covers recorded (Image)

SOLD for $325.00
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3097

1919 (5 Dec) Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces, Siberia corner card cacheted cover from Major General William S. Graves, commander of the AEF, Siberia, sent to his wife, endorsed "Soldier's Mail", with framed censor handstamp, fine cover, one of only three known with HQ corner card (Image)

SOLD for $1,300.00
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3098

1919 (22 Dec) illustrated cover from Capt. W.E. Crampton, boxed "AEF, Siberia Censored by Capt. W.E. Crampton", typewritten "Letter No.172", fine. Capt. Crampton sent 200 letters home, but only 4 of them bear this self censoring handstamp (Image)

SOLD for $240.00
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3099

1919 two covers to the United States, one with the "Associated Press Peking" cachet, paying 3c to the Agency's News Editor in New York, the other with "Community Motion Picture Bureau Care of U.S. Consul, Vladivostok, Russia" corner cachet, paying 2c to Waterloo, IA, two different censor handstamps, fine pair of covers sent by civilians in Siberia (Image)

SOLD for $425.00
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3100

1919 (14 Nov) YMCA cover, endorsed "Sailor's Mail", with "U.S.S. New Orleans" pmk, addressed to Bridgeport, CT, fine ("U.S.S. New Orleans", a naval protective cruiser was stationed in Vladivostok from July 17 to Dec 20,1919, supporting the Allied force in Siberia and again from May 30-Oct 3, 1921) (Image)

SOLD for $675.00
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