U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 15-16, 2020
Welcome to our December 15-16, 2020 Auction which will be held live via CherrystoneLIVE. The sale has over 1,000 lots and features United States and European countries, including Austria, France and Colonies, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, and others. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented, covering all Reigns with many high values and sets from Aden to Zululand. Also featured is a section of 100 lots containing the Joe Taylor Postal History collection of Allied Intervention in Russia. The auction concludes with a strong selection of 120+ large lots and collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide properties and large cover lots.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #4592 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - BATUM and TIFLIS 1919 (21 May) cover to USA, with Army Post Office SX22 (Batum) cds, with violet "Passed by Censor No.49" handstamp alongside; also another cover with embossed emblem of the Royal Flying Corps, "Field Post Office T 27" (Tiflis, Train 27th Division), "Passed by Censor No.63", endorsed "O.A.S.", fine and scarce correspondence from British Troops in Batum and Tiflis  | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #4593 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - BATUM and TIFLIS 1919 (May) On His Majesty's Service, legal size envelope canceled on reverse Indian FPO 81 (Baku), with "Passed by Censor No.529" handstamp, addressed to Paymaster Eastern Command London, cover roughly opened, with tears at bottom, rare | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4594 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - BATUM and TIFLIS 1919 (10 May) cover from England to a British officer in Salonika, franked with 1p red, canceled "30 May Army Post Office SX5" (Likovan, Greece) and forwarded to Tiflis, with "Field Post Office D27" (Tiflis, Divisional Headquarters) transit and "Field Post Office T27" (Train 27th Division) arrival postmark on 27 June, 1919 on back, returned to sender (wife of the officer) | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #4595 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - BATUM and TIFLIS 1919 (11 Jan) "Active Service" cover to Glasgow, with "A Field Post Office 81" (81st Infantry Brigade, Tiflis and Kars, Armenia), also a postcard of Central Lake, Baku, transit and arrival docketing on back, fine | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4596 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - BATUM and TIFLIS 1919 (5 Feb) Greek 10L stationery postcard (Kerkura), canceled Field Post Office 80 (Batum), with violet "Passed by Censor No.52" handstamp alongside; also picture postcard (views of the Caucasus), canceled 24 March "Field Post Office T 27" (Tiflis, Train 27th Division), "Passed by Censor No.353", with Blackmore arrival pmks, fine and scarce correspondence from British Troops in Batum and Tiflis | Price Realized $425.00 |
