U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 4-5, 2018

Welcome to our December 4-5, 2018 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. With 1,550+ lots, this auction features properties of various owners including George V. Shalimoff’s award winning collections of Russia, M.C. Gilhausen’s Germany and Colonies, David Mace’s collections of China, Chinese Provinces as well as Foreign Offices. Our December sale is well represented with solid United States, South America, Asia, Great Britain and British Commonwealth and rest of the world. As always, there are 150+ large lots and collections, many offered intact, with individual country collections, worldwide accumulations in cartons, exotic flight covers, topicals, including a substantial collection of Boy Scouts on Stamps, plus many others. Browse the entire sale at www.cherrystoneauctions.com. A limited number of printed catalogues are available upon request.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #4728
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Canadian Expeditionary Force in Siberia
1919-22 four covers with Canadian franking, Griffin correspondence, with North Russia Expeditionary Force endorsements ("Elope"), last cover used in 1922 and sent to Poland, some wear and tear, rare group (in 1918 Canadians were scattered across Russia, beyond the Siberian Expeditionary Force based in Vladivostok. There was a contingent of Canadians in Omsk, there were Canadian Air Corps men flying over the Black Sea and even a small force in Baku. The major group of Canadians was the North Russian Expeditionary Force located at Murmansk and Archangel. Two Forces were drawn up to land in North Russia. The first group named SYREN was to take over security of Murmansk and help push back the advancing Bolsheviks. The second group name ELOPE was to land with SYREN but then head by land, south to Archangel and establish another defensive zone. Canada's involvement with these two forces was accepted from the beginning. The British War Office asked for a Special Service Force of 100 men to be formed from the ranks
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Price Realized
$475.00

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