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Lot Description

6021

1918-19 Censored mail, selection of nine covers or cards with Russian franking, sent from Vladivostok, mostly to USA, two to China and another locally to Tomsk, different censor labels and handstamps, one sent from the Headquarters of the American Red Cross, another YMCA corner card, mixed condition, mostly fine or better (Image) (Image 2) (All Images)

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SOLD for $1,400.00
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6022

1918-19 Censorship markings used by Unit Censors, selection of 31 covers or cards, mostly on well described exhibit (partly decommissioned) pages, variety of markings, censor signatures, censor tape, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine or better. An excellent study of private handstamps used in conjunction with unit censorship procedures (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (All Images)

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SOLD for $2,200.00
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6023

1918-19 selection of 16 covers or cards, various U.S. Postal Agency Siberia markings, one U.S. Navy, another "International Hub Vladivostok", cover from a POW, U.S. censor cachet, also five picture postcards, two with Japanese franking, one from "U.S.S. Brooklyn", two long letters, one headed U.S. Legation Guard Harbin, three unused parcel slips, etc., faults noted (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images)

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SOLD for $1,000.00
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6024

1919 Incoming Mail to AEF Siberia, YMCA cover from a Sgt McGee AEF U.S. Army France, via Depot Quartermaster San Francisco to a Sgt McQuiddy Ordnance Depot AEF Siberia; picture postcard mailed after sender arrived in France to Manila, forwarded to AEF Siberia, both items censored, some cover wear, rare. Mail from the U.S. Forces Abroad to members of the AEF Siberia was entitled to free franking and fewer than 10 (!) examples have been recorded (Image)

SOLD for $290.00
Will close during Public Auction

6025

1919 two covers, one sent by Lt. Robbins of the Russian Railway Service Corps (RRSC), via U.S. Postal Agency Siberia to USA, franked with 2c carmine, paying the restored 2c post WWI rate, self censored by sender. The other cover (opened for display) was sent from the Railroads through the Russian Post Office, paying 35k, canceled by oval "Manchuria-Harbin 261" pmks, opened by "Censor No.22", minor cover wear, fine examples of mail from members of RRSC paying domestic and Russian postage on mail to the USA (Image)

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SOLD for $1,000.00
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6026

1919 (7 Oct) cover to France, U.S. Postal Agency Siberia departure duplex, with two different A.E.F. Censor cachets, marked "T 50" in crayon on arrival, with Evreux (17.11.19) pmk on back. The soldier's free frank privilege did not apply on overseas mail and this cover was assessed postage due on arrival. Fewer than 5 (!) covers from AEF Siberia to foreign destinations have been recorded (Image)

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SOLD for $525.00
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6027

1919 (11 Apr) legal size "Official Business" stationery envelope to USA, pre-printed "War Department Executive Division, General Staff Military Intelligence Branch Washington", endorsed "Soldier's Mail A.E.F. Siberia Capt. L.B Packard", self-censored, with U.S. Postal Agency Siberia duplex departure pmk, stated to be the only recorded (Image)

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SOLD for $550.00
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6028

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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6029

1919 U.S. 3c stationery entire envelope, Registered from Vladivostok to San Francisco, with violet registry box, "A.E.F. Siberia Censored M.R. Barrow, Base Censor" hs, "Supposed Liable to Customs" and oval "Free of Duty" handstamped on arrival, minor backflap flaws, extremely rare (Image)

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6030

1919 Signal Corps, United States Army Telegram, two different forms used for communication between Chita and Vladivostok, nicely described on exhibit page (Image)

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

6031

1920 (9 Feb) cover from Weston, Ohio to Siberia, with "Not in Am.E.F.Siberia Address Unknown" hs and two "Return to Sender" directional handstamps, fine, one of only three examples of the "Not in Am.E.F.Siberia" handstamps recorded (Image)

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SOLD for $300.00
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6032

1921 cover to the United States, franked with two each 2c carmine and 5c dark blue, paying 14c, tied by "Krasno-pavlovka 27..17" cds, with British "Opened by Censor" label and bearing "A.E.F. Siberia Censored / Sig." violet handstamp, fine. Theo Van Dam (Postal History of the A.E.F.) notes that "This censor marking is not only the scarcest of all Siberian Censor markings, it is also the one most shrouded in mystery. This cover, dated February 27, 1917, well before U.S. troops arrived in Russia, and another dated January 19, 1921, are both civil mail with postage affixed. Apparently there was a detention center where mail was held and later forwarded to its destination, long after being postmarked"). A fascinating cover from present-day Krasnopavlivka in Ukraine (Image)

SOLD for $1,300.00
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6033

Naval and Maritime Mail. 1919-20 two postcards to USA, each with "U.S.S. South Dakota" markings, two different, each endorsed "Sailor's Mail Siberia", fine (in the summer of 1919, the "U.S.S. South Dakota" was ordered from Europe to the Pacific to serve as flagship of the Asiatic fleet. During the winter of 1920, the ship was stationed off Vladivostok where it was engaged in combat with Bolshevik forces) (Image)

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

6034

Naval and Maritime Mail. 1920-22 two covers addressed to "U.S. Naval Radio Station Vladivostok, Siberia", one from Manila, handstamped and dated "American Consulate Vladivostok May 18 1920", the other "U.S.S. Isabel" (Ichang, China), sent Sep 12, 1922, some cover wear, otherwise fine. These are the only two (!) recorded covers addressed to the Naval Radio Station in Vladivostok harbor (U. S. Naval Radio Station, Russian Island was located on Russian Island, Siberia (Vladivostok). The station established communication with Peking, Cavite, Guam and with ships within range of the station and as far as Paul and Cordova, Alaska. Cable was laid from the station to Vladivostok, a distance of about fifteen miles, for both telephone and telegraph service at the headquarters of the American Expeditionary Forces and at the Russian Island Red Cross Hospital. As Government traffic increased, the station remained in U.S. control, furnishing communication to and from the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia and with vessels of the Fleet in Chinese and Japanese waters) (Image)

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction

6035

Naval and Maritime Mail. 1922 (12 Aug) American Consular Service, legal size cover handstamped "Vladivostok, Siberia", franked with 2c carmine, canceled "U.S.S. New Orleans Vladivostok Siberia", addressed to Seattle, minor cover mending, fine Consular usage from the Far Eastern Republic, well described on exhibit page ("New Orleans" was initially a station ship in Vladivostok from July to 20 December 1919 and from 20 May to 27 September 1920. After further cruising with the Asiatic Fleet she completed her service at Vladivostok 14 February to 17 August 1922) (Image)

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6036

Prisoner of War Mail. 1918-19 six covers or cards on exhibit pages, German or Austrian POW mail from Krasnaya Rechka (new Khabarovsk), U.S. Postal Agency Siberia and censor markings, destinations include Cleveland, Ohio, Basel, Switzerland, Vienna, Austria and Hanau, Germany, mixed condition (U.S. 27th Infantry, Company I, assumed charge of the 2,000 Austro-Hungarian prisoners in the Krasnaya Rechka Camp from 1918-19, mail sent by POWs under AEF Siberia jurisdiction is uncommon) (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images)

SOLD for $1,300.00
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United States Army at War - World War II

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Lot Description

6037

"The U.S. Army and its Postal Service Abroad during World War II 1941-45" Exhibit, offered mostly intact (a few items were removed and are offered in this sale), 390+ covers and cards illustrating APO numbers, Military Postal Markings from American Base Forces, BPO markings, RPS markings and Auxiliary markings, Postal Rates for U.S. Troops and Official Mail, APO use by Non-US Army Personnel (including Civilian personnel, Foreign and UN Officials, Red Cross, etc.), APO Incoming Mail, Army Censorship, V-Mail, POW mail, various Offensive Operations in the Western Hemisphere, Europe and Africa, China-Burma-India Theater, South West Pacific Area, Central Pacific Area, etc. The collection begins with an unused Japanese stationery postcard depicting bombing of Pearl Harbor and ends with "Japanese Forces Surrender U.S.S. Missouri Tokyo Bay Sep 2 1945" cover. A spectacular insight into the scope of the heroic operations of U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, basically a 100-volume library/PBS Documentary series presented through a Postal History exhibit, curtesy of Al Kugel (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image 33) (Image 34) (Image 35) (Image 36) (Image 37) (Image 38) (Image 39) (Image 40) (Image 41) (Image 42) (Image 43) (Image 44) (Image 45) (Image 46) (Image 47) (Image 48) (Image 49) (Image 50) (All Images)

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6038

1942-1945 U.S. Military Activities in the Soviet Union, single frame (16 pages) exhibit, with 25 covers or cards, both U.S. and Soviet franking, including a 1942 U.S. Navy cover with "Kola Inlet Russia" origin pmk, "Official Business" cover sent from General Spalding, American Embassy Moscow, APO 524 (Khorramshahr, Iran), APO 798 (Ukraine), including "Official Election War Ballot" sent to Olympia, Washington, U.S. Navy covers to and from Archangel, Office of Naval Intelligence mail, Diplomatic Pouch dispatches, U.S.Supply Mission, Military Mission, Naval Escorts, Merchant Marine items, all well displayed and extensively described (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (All Images)

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SOLD for $1,600.00
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United States Army at War - World War II American

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6039

1941-43 collection of 25+ covers or cards, some 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 is an original patch, letter from Maj. Gen. Bonesteel, Commanding General Iceland Base Command, covers with U.S. franking, 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 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (All Images)

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UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Canal Zone

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Lot Description

6040

C14,18-20

1931-49 parcel tag franked with blocks of 12 and eight (on the reverse) of 50c, plus additional stamps for a total of $10.83 in postage, flown covers to Valparaiso with 50c (and others), plus $1 black, used with 15c on registered cover used in 1946 from Fort Amador to USA, also 15 July 1939 registered and flown FDC to Denver, with 25c, 30c and $1, minor cover tears, otherwise fine (Cat No. C14,18-20) (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images)

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SOLD for $325.00
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