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Canada BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Canadian Expeditionary Force
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5280
Symbol: e
1918 (4 Dec) cover mailed aboard "RMS Monteagle", with letter headed "Canadian Pacific Railway Co. R.M.S. Monteagle" explaining that the writer is posting letter on ship to speed delivery, cover franked with 3x1c green, canceled Vancouver (Jan 22, 1919), handstamped "Passed by Censor 001", with Martins, New Brunswick Jan 30, 19 arrival pmk on back, ex-Brown correspondence, earliest recorded Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force censored cover (Image)
Est.US$150
Opening US$ 140.00
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5281
Symbol: e
1919-20 four covers and card to Canada or USA, canceled "Field Post Office Canadian Siberian Exp.Force", "On Active Service" endorsements, different Censor markings, described on two exhibit pages (Image)
Est.US$750
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5282
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1920 collection (expertly described on pages), Postal History of the Canadian Contingent in Siberia, 24 covers or cards from the well known "Brown correspondence" to West Quaco, New Brunswick, corner cards of the "Canadian Red Society" Vladivostok, three sent unfranked, one endorsed "On Active Service", the others charged "T" and "6" or "10 cents" by hand, many sent via Japan, one via Yokohama by British Consular bag, others carried by favor to Harbin and Shanghai, China, usually date-lined "Vladivostok" and then via Changchun and Shanghai, also cover carried by favor to Vancouver, others from Manchuria City, one sent via the Russian system, with 1r franking, plus incoming mail to Vladivostok. There is a printed "The Mag" (British Middlesex Regiment magazine), published in Vladivostok July 1919 (fascinating contents), corner card of the Palace Hotel in San Francisco (on the way back home), additional ephemera, Menu, postcards of the "Empress of Japan" (Ocean liner ordered by Canadian Pacific Ocean Services Ltd), registered covers from Russia and Far Eastern Republic, Newspaper clipping, 14 covers or cards from the Canadian training Depots, mail en-route to Siberia, one from Fort William, Ont., regimental crests, photographs, charity label and more. In addition, there are 16 covers or cards which were not mounted or described, mostly the Brown correspondence, mixed condition, with some interesting items. This collection was formed by Robert C.Smith and acquired by Al Kugel for further study and educational exhibits. A most appealing glimpse into this largely forgotten piece of Canadian history, thanks to this exhibit showing letters from Sgt-Maj. Douglas Marr Brown who served with the Canadian Red Cross in Siberia, distributing relief supplies to refugees fleeing Bolsheviks along the Trans-Siberian Railway and Vladivostok. For a complete video of this lot please visit https://vimeo.com/1045117077
Est.US$3,500
Opening US$ 3,250.00
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5284
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1818 (11 Nov) "O.A.S." cover to Markham, Ontario, with clear "Field Post Office P.B.44" (Bakharitza) departure cds, violet "Censor R.A. School" (Royal Artillery School) handstamp and signature below, Dec 17, 18 arrival pmk on back (Image)
Est.US$250
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5285
Symbol: e
1918-19 two "On Active Service" covers to Canada, one "Field Post Office PB 55" (Bereznik) cds (rounded upper left corner), the other with embossed "the Royal Canadian Field Artillery" emblem on reverse (also two uncanceled Russian stamps) "Field Post Office PB 88" pmk, two different censor cachets, faint arrival pmk, fine and rare pair of covers, with the only recorded Canadian Intervention mail from Berezniki and Medvezhya Gora (after Lenin agreed to the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk on 3 March 1918, the Allies sent troops to Northern Russia. The stated goal was to prevent the Germans from using Murmansk as a submarine base, but in reality, the Allies intended to support the White Russian (anti-Bolshevik) forces against the Red Army. There were two companies under the command of a Canadian officer, Lieutenant-Colonel J.B. Leckie, one sent to Murmansk and the 16th Canadian Artillery Brigade to Archangel. The Canadians fought alongside the White Army. The 67th and 68th Batteries distinguished themselves during a Red Army assault at Tulgas, 200 kilometers south of Archangel. Before their departure in 1919, ten Canadians received the St. George's Cross, the Russian equivalent of the Victoria Cross, and a further 10 received the St. George's Medal. They were the only Allied troops to be decorated by the Russians) (Image)
