U.S. and Worldwide; The "Aurora" Collection of R.S.F.S.R.
February 8-10, 2011

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1288
SERBIA
1918 (Apr 20) military card sent from Military Post Office IV to the Vodeno Military Hospital near Thessalonica, with "VP/BR 208", the rarest Serbian military post office cancel, fine, with 2004 Krstic cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1289
SERBIA
1918 (Apr 23) ordinary postcard sent from Salonika to Corfu, with "VP/BR 208" (M.P. No.208) departure pmk, boxed censor cachet, fine. MPO 208 was a special detachment for the Monastir (Bitolj) area, only a handful of these survive
Envelope
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #1290
SERBIA
1918 (Apr 18) French military postcard sent to a Serbian soldier in Corfu, with the rare MPO 208 cancel, with arrival pmk, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1291
SERBIA
1918 (Dec 24) picture postcard franked with 10pa, tied by "Tisza Sz Miklos" pmk, from a member of FPO 48, censored "Veliki Beckerek Military Region" (later Zrenjanin-North Banat). After the Salonika Front was broken and the war ended, most of the Serbian troops were taken to Baranya and Temesvar to occupy those parts of Transylvania (Romania) which belonged to Hungary. The Serbian stamp issue "King Peter on the Battlefield" was used at Salonika (only the 5 para and 10para) as wartime currency. Soldiers were paid with these stamps and the Greek authorities collected money from the Serbian officials at Salonika in exchange, rare
Envelope
Catalog #133
Price Realized
$450.00

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