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 #4561 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia Naval and Maritime Mail 1919 (5 July) picture postcard Wuespensky Church), endorsed "Sailor's Mail", addressed to Monroe, NY, with U.S. Navy July 5 1920 pmk, from "U.S.S. Albany" datelined at top, the writer notes "150 men from this ship went out after Bolsheviks last Tuesday", fine and rare reference to the landing of U.S. Marines in Siberia (from the deck log of U.S.S. Albany (National Archives - WWI Naval Records) "140 U.S. Marines in on July 1 Tuesday in Shkotava") (U.S.S. Albany was eventually stationed in Vladivostok from 19 December 1919 to 28 April 1920)  | Price Realized $675.00 |
