Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
January 9-10, 2024
Welcome to our January 9-10 Sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. The sale contains 1,508 lots and will be offered in four sessions, beginning with United States and U.S. Possessions. Worldwide sections include France, Germany, Italian Area, with many individual rarities. British Commonwealth, with a further selection of G.R.I. errors and varieties. There are solid selections from rest of the world, with additional items from the Carl A. Kilgas and Martin Stempien estates, plus nearly 200 Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized holdings and featuring a comprehensive collection of British Commonwealth (estimated to realize $100,000), multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
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 | Lot #163 U.S - American Expeditionary Force in North Russia 1918 (August) YMCA envelope to Muskegon, Michigan, sent by a sergeant of the 339th U.S. Infantry Regiment, endorsed "Soldier's Mail" (i.e. this mail to be free of charge), with "Ship Censor" at lower right added by a 1st Lieutenant on board the ship, fine and rare early mail from the American North Russia Expeditionary Force (on July 14, 1918, the U.S. Army's 85th Division left their training camp at Camp Custer, Michigan for the Western Front in France. Three days later, President Wilson agreed to a limited participation by American troops in the Allied Intervention in Russia with the stipulation that they would only be used for guarding the stockpiled war material. When General John J. Pershing received the directive from President Wilson, he changed the orders for the 339th Infantry Regiment, along with a few other ancillary units from the 85th Division. Instead of heading for France, these units were trained and re-outfitted in England with Russian guns and then sent to North Russia. They arrived in already British occupied Arkhangelsk on September 4, 1918, coming under British command)  | Price Realized $575.00 |
