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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #4552
ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia
1919 (7 Mar) 3c violet, legal size stationery entire envelope, canceled U.S. Postal Agency Siberia, with "AM.E.F. Siberia Passed as Censored Lieut. Lester K/Ade Base Censor" in oval, sent to USA by P.E. Turner, with R.R.S.C. AEF Siberia, typewritten letter is datelined Harbin, Manchuria Mar 2, 1919 ("When this corps was organized, we were to operate the Siberian railway under the Kerensky government, but before arriving in Vladivostok, his little throne was torn down and we were a bunch of men without a country"). A fine example of the U.S Army Russian Railway Service using the U.S. Postal Agency Siberia
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

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