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.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #164 U.S - American Expeditionary Force in North Russia 1918 (4 Oct) cover to Mt.Vernon, endorsed "Sailor's Mail" bearing "U.S.S. Olympia / Foreign Service" datestamp, with framed "Passed by Censor 10/3/1918" alongside, cover repaired, still fine and quite rare (in early 1918, with the war in France his biggest concern, President Woodrow Wilson was reluctant to send troops anywhere other than to the Western Front. He did eventually agree to commit the 339th Infantry to the North Russia expedition and send as an advance party the cruiser Olympia, which arrived at Murmansk on 24 May. With the remote port rumored to be in danger of capture by German and Finnish troops, local Soviet authorities welcomed the Americans and other Allies. Thousands of miles away, Allied forces also would occupy Vladivostok, the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railroad)  | Price Realized $750.00 |
