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 #4580
ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA French forces in Siberia
1919 (23 Apr) cover from Chelyabinsk Rail Station, franked with 35k Imperial Arms and addressed to General Lelong in Montgeron, France, with the partially covered return address of Capt. Lelong (writing to his father), "Colonial Siberien, Via Shanghai", boxed Cyrillic "Opened by Military Censor No.28" and arrival pmks on back (the sender, Pierre Lelong was the ninth son of General Michel Lelong. He graduated Saint-Cyr and was promoted captain in 1919 and fought in the Urals and in Siberia)
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

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