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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5408
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1898-1918 balance of a collection, 30+ covers or cards on exhibit pages or loose, Philippines, Cuba, Danish West Indies, some postcards, letters, patriotic folder, etc., mixed condition (Image)
Est.US$500
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United States - International Registration Labels
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5001
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1904 (11 Mar) 90c stationery entire envelope, registered from Boston to Tsingtau, China, sent via Seattle, where Registry Exchange label was added (only 10 recorded), handstamped "Return Receipt Requested", with "Old Home Week" labels, transit and Tsingtao (15 Apr) arrival pmks on back, scarce inbound registered mail from the United States to Kiauchau (Image)
Est.US$500
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United States Army at War - World War I (AEF)
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5014
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1917-23 collection on 48 exhibit pages (three frames), with 94 covers and cards selected to represent the Standard Postmarks used on mail from the U.S. military personnel in Europe. There are Steel, Machine and Large Rubber "U.S. Army Postal Service" cds, Military Postal Express Service cds, American Red Cross markings, Postal Express Service (PES), sub-station cds, "Received from Army Bordeaux", Italian Service with large "U.S.- A.P.O." and "Posta Americana Franchigia Militare" A.P.O. pmks, two covers showing different "U.S. Postal Agency Siberia" cds, Third Army "A.P.O.710" pmks (only about a half dozen examples recorded with these markings), American Forces in Germany "A.F.G." on official War Department "Headquarters American Forces in Germany" cover, low-number APOS, some with Postage Dues added on arrival, cover with 2c from AEF booklet (APS certificate) and much more, mixed condition, mostly fine or better. For a complete video of this lot please visit https://vimeo.com/1045117499
Est.US$1,500
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5015
Symbol: e
1917-20 "Over There", U.S. Forces Abroad in WWI and its Aftermath, the original exhibit, offered mostly intact, with 130+ covers and cards organized in three parts to show U.S. troops in transit and U.S. Forces during and post-WWI in Great Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Austria, Monaco, Ireland, Montenegro, Turkey, censored mail, Service with the British Army, including Air Service Post Office, special units in France, including a letter from an American pilot with the "Lafayette Flying Corps", American Red Cross, U.S. Navy, Registry markings, Incoming mail, special stationery envelopes and cards, Armistice Day (11 Nov 1918) pmks, American Commission to Negotiate Peace cover, special rates and services and much more. A historical presentation, with a large number of seldom offered items. For a full video of this lot please visit https://vimeo.com/1044807690
Est.US$2,500
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5016
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1917-22 Mail to and from Foreign Destinations, 32-pages exhibit, with 42 covers or cards, AEF mail to Malta, Belgian Congo, Ceylon, China, Manchuria, Japan, Dutch East Indies; incoming AEF mail from Dominican Republic, Greece, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Denmark, Latvia, Tunisia (addressed to a member of the 4th Regiment of the U.S. Air Service in Nantes), China, also AEF from a Polish Volunteer in France, AEF mail to Isle of Man, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Argentina, Uruguay, Ireland, Great Britain, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Serbia, fine and extraordinary assembly (Image)
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5017
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1917 (29 Dec) American Expeditionary Forces/Office of the Commanding General cover, with "General Pershing" and "Soldier's Letter" added, "A.E.F. Passed as Censored" handstamp, addressed to Mrs. Cora Nye in Wellesley, Mass., accompanied by a corresponding stationery letter, marked "Personal" and signed "John J. Pershing", both mounted on an exhibit page (General John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing gained fame after leading U.S. forces in pursuit of Pancho Villa in Mexico. He served as commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) during World War I. When General Pershing returned home, Congress made him only the second person (after George Washington) to be honored with the rank of "General of the Armies of the United States.") (Image)
Est.US$250
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5018
Symbol: e
1918 "Soldier's Mail" cover to USA, via APO 785 (then located at Allerey, France), clear strike of "U.S. Army Post Office 11 Nov 1918", with AEF censor cachet alongside. Examples of mail with Armistice Day pmks are difficult to find (the staffs at the Military Post Offices were too busy celebrating to be processing the mail) (Image)
Est.US$200
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5019
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1918 Traveling Post Offices, selection of seven covers or cards on exhibit pages, with "From T.& C. R.P.O.West" (Tours & Chaumont), "Bordeaux-Vierzon-Paris R.P.O.", "Dijon-Marseilles R.P.O.", "Le Mas & Tours M.P.E.S.", various censor markings, mixed condition. The TPO markings of the AEF during WWI are extremely rare, only about a dozen or so recorded (Image)
Est.US$1,500
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5020
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1919-23 collection on 16 exhibit pages, with 30 covers and cards examining the use of postmarks inscribed "Third Army" or "3rd Army", presented in numerical order by APO numbers, providing designations of military units, the towns in which the Post Offices were located and the dates during which the Third Army postmarks are recorded, showing earliest and latest recorded usages, censor markings, destinations, etc., all meticulously described, with extensive information provided for each item (Image)
Est.US$750
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Naval and Maritime Mail
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5022
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1917-19 U.S. Naval Shore Bases in Europe, collection of 37 covers and cards on exhibit pages, variety of markings, including "Soldier's & Sailors Mail" March 1, 1919 pmk on card from Azores, "U.S. N. Base 13", covers from "U.S. Naval Base Nine" and "officers Mail" from Capt. Connelly U.S. Naval Post Officer, "Gibraltar, Spain", others from Ireland, Wales, England, France, Scotland, "U.S.N. Air Sta. La Trinite, Fr.", "U.S. Naval Base 14 France", sent by a sailor on "U.S.S. Lake Daraga", "Base No.8" (St. Nazaire), "U.S. Naval Port Office, Antwerp, Belgium", "American Naval Base Pauillac, France" on cover to England, framed "Trouve a la boite" hs, also two cards from "Porto Corsini" Seaplane patrol station, various censor marks, mixed condition, scarce and seldom offered assembly (Image)
Est.US$1,000
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Registered Mail
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5021
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1917-21 accumulation of 47 covers or cards in stock book, showing postmarks used by the AEF on registered mail, various Regular Issue frankings, Registered boxes, origins and destinations, provisional double circle pmks, Censored mail, MPES markings, parcel wrappings, YMCA covers, incoming mail, one returned to sender with "Organization Disbanded" hs, Officer's mail, covers from military hospitals, "Personal Receipt Demanded" markings, plus many more, mixed condition, excellent basis for exhibit (considering the vast amount of AEF mail available to collectors, only a handful of registered covers are known) For a full video of this lot please visit https://vimeo.com/1044774652
Est.US$2,500
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United States Army at War - World War II
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5062
Symbol: e
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
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5063
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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)
Est.US$1,000
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Naval and Maritime Mail
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5064
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
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)
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5065
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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)
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United States Army at War - World War II American
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5066
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
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)
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United States Army in Poland Military Mail
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5024
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Cat No: Collection
1919 selection of 13 covers or cards showcasing the American presence in post-WWI Poland, showing various free-frank markings, Postal Express Service No.975, with A.E.F. censor handstamps, card sent via APO 702, with 3c franking, American Red Cross M.P.E.S. No.702 corner cacheted cover with 2c franking, with official letterhead, sent from Warsaw to Granger, Texas, bilingual "American Relief Administration Mission for Poland" covers, one addressed to Hawaii; American Army and Navy in Danzig, one with "U.S. Navy Port Office Danzig, Germany" handstamp (possibly the only recorded example), fine and rare group of military mail from Poland (following World War I, the United States extended substantial aid to war-torn European countries through financial assistance, food, clothing, and technical support. This relief effort, initiated in Belgium in 1914, was later expanded to other nations, including Poland, which faced the challenges of the Bolshevik invasion and widespread infectious disease epidemics) (Image)
Est.US$500
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United States Expeditionary Force in North Russia
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5025
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Cat No: Collection
1918-19 selection of 14 covers or cards on exhibit pages, expertly described showing progression of U.S. involvements, commencing with Troops in Transit (AEF units withdrawn from France and sent to Archangel), "Received from H.M. Ship/No Charge to be Raised" Naval mail, Field Post Offices, including "FPO BP 11" (Soroka), "FPO PB 33" (Pechenga), "FPO PB 44" (Bakharitza), "FPO PB 55" (Bereznik), "FPO PB 66" (Oberzerskaya), "FPO PB 77" (Emetskoye), "FPO PB 88" (Kem), "FPO PB 99" (Kola), incoming mail from Detroit and Toledo, variety of censor markings and endorsements, mixed condition, mostly fine or better (Image)
Est.US$3,000
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5026
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1918 (24 Nov) cover endorsed "Soldier's Mail", sent to Wisconsin, "Field Post Office P.B.66" departure pmk, "X20" censor hs, fine, extremely rare usage from "Oberzerskaya" (about 120km south west of Archangel, located on the rail line fought over by the Red Army and the counter-revolutionary Whites, with a high level of fatalities) (Image)
Est.US$300
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5027
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1919 (10 July) American YMCA cover addressed to a soldier in North Russia, departure postmark "Third Army A.P.O. 740", with "Missent in Archangel P.B.Nr.4" hs applied on arrival, additional markings indicate that the postal service searched for the addressee who was probably in Murmansk, fascinating journey from a U.S. trooper with the Third Army in Germany to another with the AEF in North Russia, only recorded example of "Missent in Archangel PB Nr.4" marking (Image)
Est.US$750
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5028
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1919 (3 July) YMCA corner card cacheted cover endorsed "American Soldier's Letter", canceled "Army T.P.O. No.1 / N.R.E.F.", addressed to Chicago, violet "A.E.F. Passed as Censored" cachet, minor cover tears, fine. The Traveling Post Office No.1 operated on a weekly schedule on the rail line between Murmansk and Soroka. Only five such covers have been recorded, one from a British and four from U.S. soldiers (Image)
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5029
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1919 (26 Apr) YMCA North Russian Expeditionary Forces corner card cacheted free-frank envelope, endorsed "soldier's mail", sent through the British P.B.2 Army Post Office to Pontiac, Mich., Censor label and oval hs, minor cover wear, fine (Image)
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5030
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1919 (11 Feb) legal size envelope with pre-printed "Rev. John S.Landowski Chaplain - (unit designation excised) Infantry U.S.N.A.", endorsed "Officer's Mail", sent through the P.B.2 British Army Post Office to New York, censor's signature and hs, minor cover wear. This is the only recorded Personnel corner card cover with printed information necessary to secure the free frank from North Russia (Image)
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5031
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1919 (11 Apr) YMCA corner card cacheted cover from Bereznik to USA, canceled "Field Post Office P.B.55", roughly opened and resealed by censor, with letter (extensively censored), noting "this has been one of the most hotly contested fronts in N.Russia", fine usage (Image)
Est.US$300
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Naval and Maritime Mail
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5032
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1918-19 selection of 11 covers or cards from "U.S.S. Des Moines", "U.S.S. Olympia", "U.S.S. Eagle II", "U.S.S. Yankton", "U.S.S. Sacramento" and Hospital ship "Braemar Castle", three different locations ("Kola", "Yukanski" and "Archangel" recorded from U.S.S.Des Moines), cover from U.S.S.Olympia is marked "Official Business" and is addressed to the Secretary of the Navy, "Passed by Censor" handstamp, one of the covers has been redirected to "U.S.S. Sacramento" and is the only recorded cover to a U.S. Warship in North Russia, mixed condition, all expertly described on exhibit pages (Image)
Est.US$2,500
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5033
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1919 two small covers to Danville, Ill., each endorsed "Soldier's Mail", canceled "U.S. Navy", sent from "U.S.S. Yankton" (a converted yacht, the ship carried two naval officers to Murmansk and when Rear Adm. Newton A. McCully arrived to take command of U.S. forces in North Russia, he took up residence on the "Yankton". During its stay, the ship took no active part in the military operations against Bolshevik forces located nearby, but served on patrols, with duty as radio ship at Murmansk, and as a military passenger transport between Murmansk and Archangel) (Image)
Est.US$750
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United States Intervention in China
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5003
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1900-41 Postal History of the American Forces in China, exhibit documenting the history of the American military involvement in China, from participation in the multinational intervention to suppress the Boxer Uprising until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The story gives emphasis to the large variety of postal markings used on mail from the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine personnel deployed to China, with earliest and latest known postmarks, Registered mail, incoming markings, various Military Stations, studies of rates and other relevant information, eloquently conveyed by Mr. Kugel, who spent several decades acquiring this material. The collection includes a cover from General Chafee (commander of the U.S. forces in China Relief Expedition) to General Randolph in South Carolina, forerunner mail sent through the Japanese Post Office, U.S. Postal Station in Tientsin, registered cover from Germany, with rare "Received Military Postal Station No.1 China" pmk (less than 5 recorded), plus many others. With over 180 covers and cards, this collection can be easily transformed into a gold-medal presentation. For a complete video of this lot please visit https://vimeo.com/1045102207
Est.US$5,000
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5004
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1900 (20 Sep) Legation of the United States of America, Peking, China diplomatic cover sent from Peking without postage, assessed Postage Due of 2 cents when handled at the Military Postal Station in Tientsin, with "Due Cents" and "2" in blue crayon, returned to sender, with Oct.4 M.P.S. No.1 arrival, fine, one of the only two (!) recorded examples of the Due marking on China Relief Expedition mail (Image)
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5005
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1900 (20 Sep) cover to Port Carbon, Pa, endorsed "Soldier's Mail", franked with C.E.F. Indian stamps prepaying the UPU rate, nevertheless not recognized and assessed Postage Due of 2 cents when handled at the Military Postal Station in Tientsin, with "Due Cents" and "2" in blue crayon, fine, with arrival (21 Oct) pmk on back, one of the only two (!) recorded examples of the Due marking on China Relief Expedition mail (Image)
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5006
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1904 (30 June) cover from New York to Kobe, Japan, franked with 5c Louisiana-Purchase, seized by the Russians during its Trans-Pacific journey on "S.S. Calchas", recaptured during the Russian retreat from Southern Manchuria in August, when it received "Delayed in Transmission having been Intercepted by Russians on board "CALCHAS", various blue crayon markings, finally arriving Kobe on 9 Sep 04, filing fold and some hinge marks, interesting cover used during the Russo-Japanese War (Image)
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5007
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1905 (28 July) cover from Captain John Pershing (later General "Black Jack" Pershing, commander of the AEF in WWI), an observer in the Russo-Japanese War attached to General Kuroki Tamemoto's Japanese First Army in Manchuria, initially addressed to his wife care of American Legation in Tokyo, forwarded care of "Taft Party" in Manila (where then Secretary of State William Howard Taft was on an inspection tour), transit and arrival pmks, some cover wear, scarce and appealing item (Image)
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5008
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1906 (15 June) cover (opened for display) from Buffalo, NY to Batavia, Dutch East Indies, with a manuscript direction "Please forward to Pekin, China", backstamped at Batavia, Weltevreden and Soerabaja, Hong Kong, Tientsin, Peking, where it was endorsed "Not in American Legation Guard, Peking, China", turned over to the Japanese Post Office and returned back to sender after five months. A well traveled cover (Image)
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United States Intervention in China Yangtze River
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5009
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Cat No: Collection
1935-41 collection on exhibit pages, 25 covers or cards showing postmarks of the U.S. Naval patrols on the Yangtze and Pearl Rivers. There are pmks from "U.S.S. Luzon", "U.S.S. Monocacy", "U.S.S. Guam", "U.S.S.Mindanao", official mail from "U.S.S. Oahu" to the Commanding Office of "U.S.S. Wake", sent 4 December 1941 and "Unable to Deliver COMSOWEST-PAC" (applied in Australia in late 1942), and others, mixed condition, scarce lot. (The U.S. Navy's Yangtze Patrol was a naval force with minor combat power, mostly serving as a constabulary and diplomatic force. "YangPat" was gunboat diplomacy made manifest, with "U.S.River Rats" doing their best to defend American lives, interests, and property in China, until WWII) (Image)
Est.US$1,000
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United States Intervention in Haiti Naval and Maritime Mail
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5011
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Cat No: Collection
1927-29 collection of 30+ covers or cards, U.S. Navy and U.S.M.C. in Haiti, ship markings include "U.S.S. Seattle", "U.S.S. Smith Thompson", "U.S.S. Camden", "U.S.S. Brooks" and others, departure markings Port-au-Prince, Gonaives, "U.S.Marine Corps Port au Prince", official Navy handstamps, Field Hospital, machine cancels, mixed condition (Image)
Est.US$1,000
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United States Intervention in Nicaragua Naval and Maritime Mail
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5012
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1896 large cover "Legation of the United States" corner card cachet, franked with 20 Centavo regular issue, tied by indistinct pmk, addressed to Commander F.Handford "U.S.S. Alert", Corinto, Nicaragua, little toning, otherwise fine, with Corinto, May 19, 1896 pmk on back (on 2nd May 1896, a force of about 100 American and British marines from the USS cruiser "Alert" and British "Comus" landed in Corinto to protect foreign interests) (Image)
Est.US$250
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5013
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Cat No: Collection
1926-29 collection of 100+ covers or cards, mostly U.S. Navy in Nicaragua, ship markings include "U.S.S.Tulsa", "U.S.S. Trenton", "U.S.S.Salinas", "U.S.S.Richmond", "U.S.S.Denver" and many others, departure markings of Bluefields, Corinto, Managua, etc., few registered, some better markings, mixed condition. For a complete video of this lot please visit https://vimeo.com/1045116687
Est.US$1,500
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United States Intervention in Northern Mexico
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5010
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1916 partial exhibit of 30 covers and cards, including unused picture postcards, letters, War Department Penalty envelope, YMCA Patriotic envelopes, Soldier's Mail, etc. Also included is a cover from the Dominican Republic, sent 1918 to the Secretary of the Navy, with "Head of Military Government Santo Domingo" cachet, "Passed by Censor" hs, with arrival marking, plus a cover from a Marine Sgt in Camaguey, Cuba, sent via the Civil Post Office in Manati to Cincinnati on 16 March, 1920 (Image)
Est.US$1,500
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United States Intervention in South Russia
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5061
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Cat No: Collection
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)
Est.US$2,500
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UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Guam
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5067
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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)
Est.US$500
Opening US$ 450.00
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UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Midway Island
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5069
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Cat No: Collection
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)
Est.US$500
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UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Philippines Naval and Maritime Mail
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5068
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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)
Est.US$500
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United States Postal Agency in Shanghai, China
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5002
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1905 (1 Aug) American Postal Agency Shanghai, China, Official Business legal size envelope sent free of postage to Postmaster, Seattle, Wash., with "Registered U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai, China" datestamp, transit and arrival pmks on back, fine (Image)
Est.US$500
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United States Postal Agency in Siberia
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5034
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1918-20 balance of the exhibit on 13 pages, with 20+ items, beginning with shoulder patches of the American Expeditionary Force Siberia and American Expeditionary Force North Russia (Polar Bears), two special "Safe Arrival" cards for troops that accompanied General Graves from California and two from the second contingent (only 6-8 of these cards have been recorded), forerunner mail, AEF Troopships (USAT "Sherman" and USAT "Thomas"), large piece of a Registered Return Receipt package from A.E.F. Siberia to Toledo, with 1c, 5c, 10c (2) and Special Delivery 10c (one of only two examples of Special Delivery stamps used on AEF Siberia mail), Money Order coupons from Verhneudinsk, Khabarovsk, Spasskoye and Vladivostok showing "U.S.Postal Agency Siberia M.O.B." pmks, Field Service cards, Christmas Card (only recorded), Instructional handstamp inscribed "Not in Am.E.F.Siberia Address" on card from Japan, arrival postmarks of USPA Siberia branch stations in Khabarovsk and Spasskoye, etc. (Image)
Est.US$3,000
Opening US$ 2,800.00
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5035
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Cat No: Collection
1918-20 selection of six covers sent by members of the Russian Railway Service Corps, the first Americans to go to Siberia. Included is a cover from Tsuruga, Japan, handstamped "Paquebot", sent by Col. Emerson care of American Consul in Harbin, with Russian franking, also a cover with 3c U.S. franking, U.S. Postal Agency Siberia to Duluth, Mn (both opened and resealed by censor, with additional handstamps), cover (reduced at left) paying 1.50r with Russian franking on both sides, Irkutsk-Krasnoyarsk TPO 198 departure datestamps, addressed to Omsk, incoming mail to RRSC, one from Altoona, Pa, the other from Nagasaki, Japan. A rare group (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 thereafter, 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)
Est.US$1,000
Opening US$ 900.00
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5036
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Cat No: Collection
1918-19 selection of five covers to USA, each showing a different censor tape or handstamp, including personal markings (Lt.B.J.Cryer; Capt., 31st Infantry), one Japanese lettersheet, two with Russian franking, one charged 8c U.S. postage due on arrival, all mounted on two exhibit pages, fine
Est.US$750
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5037
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1918 (18 Sep) cover from a Pvt. Clinton R. Lamb "R.E.F. in Siberia", posted from Manila, violet "Paquebot" and "Passed by Censor" handstamps, censored "O.K. 1st Lieut.31st Inf.", addressed to Bloomfield, Colo., with Oct.26, 1918 arrival and redirected to Ft. Collins, censor label at left, stated to be the only recorded AEF Siberia cover forwarded on a ship to Manila, instead of waiting for one to the U.S. The free franking privilege was nevertheless honored and the letter was delivered to the mainland (Image)
Est.US$500
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5038
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1918 "U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai China", cover and postcard showing earliest (25 Sep 1918) and latest (17 Oct 1918) uses of the USPA Shanghai pmks by the AEF Siberia, both neatly described on exhibit page, each with framed censor cachet, endorsed "Soldier's Mail", fine and scarce (Image)
Est.US$500
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5039
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1918 (20 Dec) "Soldier's Mail" cover to California, with clear "U.S. Postal Agency Siberia" duplex steel postmark and the No.3 in the barrel, framed censor handstamp, minor cover mending, otherwise fine. This small steel handstamp with "3" in the killer bars is the scarcest and only recorded (!) of all known Siberian AEF cancelations (illustrated in Van Dam's handbook, page 165) (Image)
Est.US$1,000
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5040
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1918 (28 Oct) YMCA corner card cacheted cover, endorsed "Soldier's Mail A.E.F. Siberia", canceled "U.S. Postal Agency Siberia", framed "A.E.F. Siberia Censored", additional violet "Censored W.J. Burianek 1st Lieut. Of Inf." personal handstamp, minor backcover faults, otherwise fine, possibly the only recorded example of this censor mark (Image)
Est.US$500
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5041
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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)
