The Alfred F. Kugel Collection, Part Two
September 10-11, 2024
Welcome to Part II of the Al Kugel Collection, being sold on behalf of the American Philatelic Society. We begin with United States Interventions, first in China, during the Boxer Uprising, then in Northern Mexico (looking for Pancho Villa). Spanish American War follows, with U.S. Army in the Caribbean, U.S. involvement in Haiti, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, registered mail from the A.E.F. and the U.S. Army and its Postal Service Abroad during WWII, including "Prexies at War" exhibit. There are solid selections of U.S. Possessions and Allied Intervention in Russia (quite an astounding showing, with many unique items). There are selections from the specialized collections of Albania, Bulgaria, Crete and others. An avid Military historian, Mr. Kugel assembled a splendid collection of the aftermath of the Great War, with French and British Occupation forces in Europe and the Middle East, following the fall of the Austro-Hungarian, German, Russian and Ottoman Empires. There are excellent selections from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Russia, as well as many uncommon usages from The Holyland, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. World War I and WWII German and Italian Occupation issues, including satellite Croatia and Slovakia are very well represented in this sale. The sale will take place live via CherrystoneLIVE.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #4001 United States - Postal Stationery Postal Cards Postal Cards sent by Special Delivery, 1887-1904, single Frame (16 pages) exhibit, 30+ cards, starting with 1c Jefferson with 10c franking, used locally in Cincinnati,1892-93 "Columbian" Special Delivery cards, Bicycle Messenger stamps, Double Special Delivery fee, Parcel Post and Postage Dues, also definitives paying Special Delivery fees, etc., various origins and destinations, mostly fine-v.f., interesting collection  | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #4002 United States Intervention in China China Relief Expedition - Boxer Rebellion 1900-01 single Frame (16 pages) exhibit with 24 covers or cards, showing Military Postal Stations Peking, Tientsin, Registered mail, including one of only five recorded "Military Postal Station No.1 China" registered via New York to Germany, cover from Shanhaikuan Station (only recorded example), other Registered mail, Military P.Sta.No.1 Taku, covers to Fiume and Hong Kong, earliest and latest recorded pmks; only recorded example of Registered Mail from Taku to USA, Naval Mail from "Flagship Brooklyn", sent via the Japanese Post Office in Chefoo to Nagasaki; covers from a U.S. Warship "U.S.S. Monocacy", Marines mail covers, one sent from a Marine Lieutenant on the "U.S.S. Brooklyn", another forwarded from Chefoo via the French Post office to Cavite, Philippines, etc., mixed condition, superb presentation of U.S. presence in China during the Boxer War, with many rare and elusive items | Price Realized $15,000.00 |
 | Lot #4003 United States Intervention in China China Relief Expedition - Boxer Rebellion 1900 (19 Nov) German "Feld-Postkarte" franked with single 2c carmine, tied by "Mil. P.Sta.No.1, Pekin, China", endorsed "Soldier's Letter", with "Mil. Postal Sta. No.1 China" and Manila transit pmks, addressed to Sweden, charged "15 Ctms T" due on arrival in Malmo (18.1.1901), unusual foreign destination from an American soldier in China | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4004 United States Intervention in China China Relief Expedition - Boxer Rebellion 1900 (8 Nov) 2c stationery entire envelope, additionally franked with 4c Trans-Mississippi, tied by "Mil. P.Sta. No.1 Tientsin" cds, sent to Birmingham, Ala, with San Francisco transit and Dec.16 arrival pmks on back, fine example of civilian mail paying international rate of 5 cents, used during China Relief Expedition | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4005 United States Intervention in China China Relief Expedition - Boxer Rebellion 1900 (6 May) 2c stationery entire envelope with additional 1c, 2c and 8c franking, tied by "Mil Postal Sta. No.1 Tientsin China" cds, registered to Germany, with corresponding "Registered Mil. Postal Sta. No.1, China" departure cds, New York Registry exchange label, transit and arrival pmks on back, fine. Registered mail from the Military Stations is relatively scarce, only 25 (!) have been recorded over the past century, including those from Peking and Taku | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #4006 United States Intervention in China China Relief Expedition - Boxer Rebellion 1901 (9 Jan) 2c stationery entire envelope with additional 8c franking, tied by "CHINA" handstamps, registered to Atlanta, with corresponding "Registered Mil. Postal Sta. No.1, China" departure cds, further handstamped "Return Receipt Demanded", "R No.66" alongside, with San Francisco transit and arrival (Feb15 1901) pmks on back. This is the only recorded example of this Return Receipt handstamp, fine. (It should be noted that Registered mail from the Military Stations is relatively scarce, only 25 (!) have been recorded over the past century, including those from Peking and Taku) | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #4007 United States Intervention in China China Relief Expedition - Boxer Rebellion 1901 (12 Jan) Post Office Department Military Station No.1, China Official Business envelope marked "M.O.B." (Money Order Business), with "Military Postal Sta. No.1, China" departure pmk, addressed to Michigan, also a receipt for U.S.Postal Money Order, with corresponding Apr 4 1901 pmk, small cover tears, stated to be the "only recorded example of M.O.B. postmark" | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #4008 United States Intervention in China Yangtze River and South China Naval Patrols 1907-39 collection on exhibit pages, 25 covers or cards showing postmarks of the U.S. Naval patrols on the Yangtze and Pearl Rivers. There are pmks from "U.S.S. Concord", "U.S.S. Wilmington", "U.S.S. Villalobos", "U.S.S. Elcano" (one sent through the U.S.Postal Agency Shanghai), "U.S.S. Palos", registered mail from "U.S.S. Isabel", plus others, mixed condition, scarce lot. (The U.S. Navy's Yangtze Patrol was a naval force with minor combat power, mostly serving as a constabulary and diplomatic force. "YangPat" was gunboat diplomacy made manifest, with "U.S.River Rats" doing their best to defend American lives, interests, and property in China, until WWII) | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #4009 United States Intervention in Northern Mexico 1916-17 single Frame (16 pages) Exhibit with 26 covers or cards documenting the postal history of the American Involvement in Northern Mexico prior to U.S. entry into World War I, with "On the Way to Mexico Camp Brumbaugh" patriotic cover, Columbus and Deming, N.Mex 1916 cards; advance into Mexico, The First U.S. Military Air Mail Service, two covers flown from Mexico to Columbus, where they were postmarked (27 Mar and 5 Apr 1916), each mailed by Lt. Baird to his wife, endorsed "Soldier's Mail" and as no stamps were available, both were charged "Due 2c", or with the actual 2c Postage Due (AAMC 92, $5,000), also a ppc depicting the actual Aircraft. In addition, there are covers showing use of Civilian post offices, Forwarded Mail, "U.S. Army on Mexican Border" letterhead and cover posted on a railway car of a train enroute to El Paso; Military Branch markings, Official War Department cover, etc. A fascinating collection (during the Mexican Revolution 1910-20, the United States had varied involvements, supporting and then repudiating Mexican regimes. Beyond Vera Cruz, the US sent thousands of troops led by General John Pershing deep into northern Mexico between 1916-1917 to capture Pancho Villa after his forces raided US border towns) | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
 | Lot #4010 United States Intervention in the Caribbean 1899-1906 balance of the collection, mostly written-up on pages, good showing of 60+ covers, cards, some coverfronts and pieces, U.S. military and Naval mail from Cuba (including "U.S. Army Hospital Ship Missouri" War Dept cover), incoming mail, "Rough Riders in Action" illustrated cover, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, one from Nicaragua, with a variety of frankings and cancels, some better, including commercial mail, etc., mixed condition, excellent foundation for expansion or break-up | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #4011 United States Intervention in Dominican Republic 1916-24 single Frame (16 pages) Exhibit of 31 covers or cards, starting with the earliest recorded example of U.S. military mail from the Dominican Republic, written on board the "U.S.S. Neptune", while anchored off Santo Domingo and then posted nine days later from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There are forerunners, "Military Government of Santo Domingo" ("Passed by Censor U.S.N." handstamp), covers sent by military pouch to Puerto Rico or the U.S., earliest recorded "San Domingo Dominican Republic U.S. Marines" cancel (17 Nov 1917), YMCA covers, "U.S.M.C. Br.Santo Domingo" cancels, Naval dispatches "U.S.S.Nokomis", Registration marks, various Earliest and Latest Recorded examples, registered cover from U.S.M.C. Santiago (extremely rare), "La Vega, D.R." and "U.S. Marine Barracks, La Vega" (only five examples recorded), "U.S.M.C. Br.Puerto Plata", two covers, one registered and censored (discovery copy and still the only example recorded), "San Pedro de Macoris", etc. A splendid presentation (the first U.S. occupation was aimed to force the Dominicans to repay their large debts to European creditors, whose governments threatened military intervention. The U.S. Marines landed on 16 May, 1916 and established effective control of the country within two months. Three major roads were built, largely for military purposes, connecting for the first time the capital with Santiago in the Cibao, Azua in the west, and San Pedro de Macoris in the east. With the inauguration of a new President on July 13, 1924, control of the republic returned to Dominican hands and U.S. forces withdrew on September 18th) | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4012 United States Intervention in Dominican Republic 1921 (30 May) cover to Portsmouth, Va., franked with 2c carmine tied by "U.S. Marines Pto. Plata" between two killer bars, supported by "New York (U.S.M.C. Br.Puerto Plata) N.Y." departure pmks, fine. Stated to be the only recorded example of this marking | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4013 United States Intervention in Haiti 1916-22 selection of ten covers from Haiti to the United States, including registered "Banque Nationale de la Republique d'Haiti" cover franked with 2c and 12c Washington-Franklins, tied by "U.S.S. Washington" departure datestamps, two "Marines Mail" covers from Port-au-Prince, cover with 3c franking from Capt. Whaley, U.S.M.C., with earliest recorded "New York U.S.M.C. Br/Port-au-Prince 26 Nov 1917" pmk from Haiti, two covers, each endorsed "No Stamps Available", with "U.S. Marine Corps. Port-Au-Prince Haiti" departure pmks, charged "Postage Due 2 Cents", another with 2c added on arrival, "Gendarmerie D'Haiti" corner card cacheted cover, censored by Major J.K.Tracy, U.S.M.C., etc., mixed condition | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #4014 United States Intervention in Haiti 1919-34 Exhibit collection, two-frames (32 pages), with 54 covers and cards, showing various markings used by the U.S. Marine Corps in Haiti, with Earliest and Latest Recorded cancels, "U.S.S. Kittery" cover to USA, "Aeroplane Mail", Registered covers, including the only recorded example of "New York (U.S.M.C. Br. Port-au-Prince) NY", Registry boxes, "Return Receipt Requested", plus many others. (The U.S. Marines landed at Port-au-Prince in 1915, after the National City Bank of NY convinced President Wilson to take control of Haiti's political and financial interests. This invasion and ensuing occupation resulted in years of socioeconomic instability, during which Haiti had three new presidents. The U.S. rule was a military regime, with martial law imposed by the Marines and the Haitian Gendarmerie. Most Haitians lived in poverty, while American personnel were well-compensated. In 1934, the United States, in concert with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor Policy", officially withdrew from Haiti while retaining economic connections. The last contingent of marines departed on August 15,1934) | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #4015 United States Intervention in Nicaragua 1912-33 selection of 21 covers or cards on exhibit pages, starting with U.S.S. Annapolis, cover sent on Oct 24, 1912 to Cavite, Philippines, franked with 2c carmine, tied by blue "Annapolis" departure datestamp, others from Corinto, one showing the U.S.S. Annapolis departure and "Ensign Thoms/Headquarters U.S. Forces/Leon, Nicaragua" sender's address, 1924-25 "Marine Detachment, American Legation, Managua" cds used on two covers with commemorative franking to USA, covers marked "U.S. Marine Mail", one "No Stamps Available", still charged Postage Due on arrival in El Paso, various Expeditionary Forces cancels, Earliest and Latest Recorded examples of postmarks, Only Recorded examples of "Marine Barracks Exp. Forces" Registered Mail, etc. mixed condition, scarce | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #4016 United States Intervention in Nicaragua 1928-32 single frame Exhibit Collection, 16 pages, with 35 covers and cards, showing earliest and latest recorded usages of various pmks provided for the U.S. Marine Corps, sent from HQ Aircraft Squadrons, medical units, Registered mail, including the only recorded example of the 11th Regiment Second Brigade USMC to San Pedro, Calif., covers from HQ Puerto Cabezas, Money Order markings, unrecorded "Rec'd" handstamps, Evacuation of the Marines from Nicaragua 1932-33, with cover the "U.S.S. Henderson" with the last contingent of U.S. Marines leaving the country, etc. A well researched and definitive collection (The United States Intervention/Occupation of Nicaragua from 1912-1933 was part of the "Banana Wars" and was meant primarily to prevent any other nation except the US from building a Nicaraguan Canal. There were of course many other reasons, including internal rebellions, insurgents, bandits, etc. Due to budgetary considerations related to the depression in the US, President Hoover ended the American intervention in 1933) | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #4017 U.S.Postal Agencies in Latin America 1922-42 single frame (16 pages) exhibit with 17 covers or cards from U.S. Postal Agencies in Havana, Barranquilla and Cali. Also included is a proof strike of postmark and killer prepared for use at a U.S. Postal Agency in Panama (one of only two reported), earliest known U.S. Postal Agency in Havana (Apr 8, 1922), U.S.Postal Agency Barranquilla, U.S.Postal Agency Cali Colombia, various origins and destinations, processed by the Postal Agency, various markings, some apparently very elusive, with detailed descriptions provided by Mr. Kugel, who spent over a decade to assemble this presentation | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #4018 Spanish-American War 1898-1904 selection on pages and loose (partial exhibit), 30 covers or cards, with "Troops in Transit", two covers from Honolulu to USA, one "The Flag we want waving over "Hawaii Net" patriotic cachet, each with Postage Dues assessed on arrival, covers from various training camps, Patriotic cachets including "On to Havana", "On to Porto Rico" and others, early letter (8 May 1898) from Key West, endorsed "Marines Letter", registered cover addressed to Major General Gonzales Parrado in Havana (the General served as the second-in-command of the Spanish army in Cuba and was also the President of the Spanish Commission, which played a crucial role in the policy decisions related to Cuba's future), also large part of a registered cover from Yokohama, Japan to a U.S. officer in Manila, etc., mixed condition, excellent nucleus for further study and expansion | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #4019 World War I - American Expeditionary Force (AEF) Registered Mail 1917-23 single frame (16 pages) exhibit showing various postmarks used by the AEF on registered mail, 26+ covers or cards, presented chronologically, including 1919 cover addressed to General John J. Pershing, Commanding AEF in France, franked with 3c Victory and 10c Franklin, with Minerville, Pa (Apr 21) departure pmks; there are APO No.2, 3 and 7, one from Indian FPO 40 at 2nd Division HQ in France, sent to a French interpreter assigned to the AEF, provisional double circle pmks, Registry boxes, Censored mail, MPES markings, "U.S. Army Postal Service No.1" handstamp (one of only three examples recorded), Officer's mail, parcel wrappings, YMCA cover with MPES No.705, another from MPES No.716B, Military Mission in Berlin, "Postal Express Registered" cover to NY, franked with pair of 13c Franklin (possibly the only known AEF mail franked with 13c stamps), cover with "American Commission to Negotiate Peace" corner card cacheted, with single 10c franking, U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai, China, registered from A.E.F. Siberia, single 10c franking, canceled Oct.2, 1918, censored Lieut. Lester K. Ade (this being the only recorded registered "U.S.Postal Agency Shanghai China" registered from Siberia), also small YMCA cover registered U.S.P.A. Siberia (July 11, 1919), also Official Mail sent by Courier, Postal Express Service covers, Registration forms, latest recorded AEF postmark (May 11, 1923), mixed condition, an exceptional presentation (considering the vast amount of AEF mail available to collectors, only a few registered covers are known) | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #4020 United States Army at War (World War II) "The U.S. Army and its Postal Service Abroad during World War II 1941-45" Exhibit, offered mostly intact (a few items were removed and are offered in this sale), 390+ covers and cards illustrating APO numbers, Military Postal Markings from American Base Forces, BPO markings, RPS markings and Auxiliary markings, Postal Rates for U.S. Troops and Official Mail, APO use by Non-US Army Personnel (including Civilian personnel, Foreign and UN Officials, Red Cross, etc.), APO Incoming Mail, Army Censorship, V-Mail, POW mail, various Offensive Operations in the Western Hemisphere, Europe and Africa, China-Burma-India Theater, South West Pacific Area, Central Pacific Area, etc. The collection begins with an unused Japanese stationery postcard depicting bombing of Pearl Harbor and ends with "Japanese Forces Surrender U.S.S. Missouri Tokyo Bay Sep 2 1945" cover. A spectacular insight into the scope of the heroic operations of U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, basically a 100-volume library/PBS Documentary series presented through a Postal History exhibit, curtesy of Al Kugel | Unsold |
 | Lot #4021 United States Army at War (World War II) Army Post Offices, Mail to Foreign Destinations and incoming mail to APOs from foreign senders during WWII, collection of 50 covers or cards, forming a two frame (32 pages) exhibit, destinations include Aruba, Barbados, Colombia, India, Mexico, Honduras, Peru, Venezuela, Sweden, Iceland, Italy, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Egypt, Northern Rhodesia, South Africa, India, Belgian Congo, Palestine, China, Manchuria (marked "Mail Route Blockaded, Return to Sender"), Australia, New Zealand, many with U.S. franking, various origins (Egypt, Austria, Antigua, Germany, Italy, Tokyo, Dutch New Guinea), censor cachets or labels and more. The incoming origins include Tonga, Antigua, St. Lucia, Brazil, in-transit from St. Lucia to Trinidad, Iceland, Russia, Morocco, Tunisia, Uganda, Palestine, India, Japan, Dutch New Guinea, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna, etc., various censor markings, excellent insight into the extent of APO presence in the world during World War II | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4022 United States Army at War (World War II) "Prexies Go To War", single frame (16 pages) Exhibit offered intact, showing the individual Presidential Series issue on cover or card, used from various APO locations throughout the world, including Newfoundland, Virgin Islands, Post-War Military Mission in China (1948), Hawaii, U.S. Occupation Army in Germany, Morocco, Australia, New Caledonia, Egypt, England, Trinidad, Tunisia, Post War Occupation A.P.O. in Japan, 1945, Fiji, New Hebrides, Philippines, "U.S.S. Henderson" and U.S. Navy FPOs, domestic usages, tag for registered mail franked with single $2, strip of 3x$5, other stamps and a meter for $99.99, paying total $117.76 postage. Also included is a previous definitive $1, $2, $5 Liberty on registration tag, plus cover with $2 Capital and pair of 17c Buchannan on registered cover to Canton, China, backstamped San Francisco on December 6, 1941, Honolulu 9 July, 1942 and back to Yakima, Wash. on 3 Aug 1942. An interesting and well selected presentation | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #4023 United States Army at War (World War II) Registered Mail 1941-48 single frame (16 pages) exhibit showing Registered Mail of the American Base Forces, 24 covers, with American Forces in Newfoundland (APO 801, 801A, 801B, 801-C), including "Marine Det. Argentia, Newfoundland", Bermuda (APO 802, "Marine Det. Bermuda Br."), Trinidad (APO 803, 803-A, "Mar.Det.Trinidad"), Jamaica (American base Forces A.P.O.804, Mar.Det.Portland Bight Jamaica Br.), St. Lucia (American Base Forces A.P.O. 804 and "Mar.Det.St.Lucia, Windward Islands"), Antigua, Greenland, Iceland, Aruba, Northern Ireland (American Base Forces A.P.O. 813 at Victoria Barracks in Belfast), Australia (July 1945) and Japan (American Base Forces APO 929, Dec.17, 1948, latest recorded example from Fukuoka, Japan), a remarkable presentation | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4024 United States Army at War (World War II) Military Mail 1942 General Headquarters Southwest Pacific Area Office of the Commander-in-Chief corner card cacheted cover sent by General MacArthur in Australia, marked "Safe Hand Courier", addressed to General Vandergrift on Guadalcanal, likely immediately after the landing there on August 7th, 1942, as it is designated "G.H.Q.Item No.1". The Marine Unit 730 operated on the island from that date until December 22, 1942 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #4025 United States Army at War (World War II) Military Mail 1943 (13 Mar) "HQ 1 Army Corps. USA Office of the Commanding General", corner card cacheted cover from Lt.General R.G. Eichelberger, APO 301 (Rockhampton, Australia) addressed to General George G. Marshall, Chief of Staff at the Pentagon, marked "Personal", "Passed by Base 1600 Army Examiner" and self-censored by sender, franked with 6c Air Mail stamp tied by magenta APO cancel, scarce (Gen. Eichelberger first saw action in World War II in December 1942 in Buna, on the island of New Guinea and with support of the 18th Australian Brigade, achieved what was then one of the first ground victories against the Japanese. In September 1944 he took command of the newly activated U.S. Eighth Army in Netherlands New Guinea. The following months saw him effectively employing amphibious tactics to lead his forces through many severe island engagements on New Guinea and New Britain. In 1945 he launched the Philippines re-occupation campaign, mopping up Japanese resistance in Mindanao. With the Japanese surrender, Eichelberger landed a small detachment at Atsugi Air Field to begin the Allied occupation of Japan) | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4026 United States Army at War (World War II) Military Mail 1944 (3 Nov) cover from APO 500, Office of the Commander in Chief, addressed to NY, with the original letter from a 10 year-old stamp collector addressed to General MacArthur, requesting that his sent stamped and self addressed cover be returned, postmarked from Manila or Bataan, remarkably complied, letter signed at bottom: "Good Luck to you Saul / Douglas MacArthur", sent back to the determined stamp collector. APO 500 was at Hollandia, New Guinea and MacArthur rarely provided his autograph | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #4027 United States Army at War (World War II) Military Mail 1944 (21 Apr) U.S. Army APO 442, cover from General Walter Krueger, HQ Sixth Army corner card cachet, endorsed "Free", sent to Springfield, Ohio, fine. APO 442 was located at Leyte | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #4028 United States Army at War (World War II) Military Mail 1945 (29 Mar) "Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Office of the Supreme Commander" stationery letter signed by Dwight D.Eisenhower, with cover from APO 757, sent Apr 1, 1945, endorsed "Free", censored and sent to Lansing, Mich. SHAEF was located in Versailles, when this letter was sent | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4029 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1897 (17 Nov) cover franked with Insurrectionist stamps, pair of 2c brown, tied by "Prefectura de Guaimarillo Camaguey" departure cds, with oval "Jefature Superior de Sanidad Militar Ejercito Libertador" (HQ of the Medical Corps of the Liberation Army), addressed to the head of medical activity of the First Corps at Jatico-Tunas in Oriente Province, arrival pmk No.22, 1897, filing fold and some toning, otherwise fine, endorsed on back "this envelope was received by me from Cuba and used inside of Cuban lines", signed Seybold. According to Mr. Kugel, fewer than five (!) covers with this issue are recorded Catalog #Ed.2 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4030 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1898-1901 balance of an exhibit, 43 covers or cards on pages, showing many interesting and scarce markings, including a "discovery example" of previously unrecorded auxiliary "Received in Bad Order Havana P.O. Cuba" on cover from Madrid, "Military Sta. No.13 Cienfuegos", cover from "U.S.S. Columbia 1st Rate" from Guantanamo Bay to San Mateo, Calif., another from "U.S.S. Resolute" to a Naval Hospital in Norfolk; Quarantine Mail, including cover with the only recorded example of 3-line "Mil't'y Sta./Montauk N.Y." provisional handstamp, card from Columbia Barracks to Germany, "Military Station No.27 Matanzas, Cuba" card to Germany, Registered card and two covers, one endorsed "Soldier's Letter Moro Castle, Santiago, Cuba", "Military Sta. No.33 Sagua la Grande" and "Military Sta. No.34 Caibarien" handstamps (only a few recorded), "Military Station No.29" from Placetas, with two privately overprinted "Cuba 2 1/2c de. Pso" in manuscript (one stamp damaged), plus many others | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #4031 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1898 (18 July) 1c stationery card from Maj.Henry Clay Cochrane, second in command of the First Marine Battalion in Cuba, to his wife in Newport. Written at Guantanamo on 14th July, noting that "Santiago surrendered today". The card was delivered by ship to the post office at Key West and placed in the mails four days later. This is the only recorded piece of Marine mail from Guantanamo during the Spanish-American War | Unsold |
 | Lot #4032 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1898 cover to Norway, franked with vertical strip of 5x2c carmine, tied by "United States Post Office Military Station No.1, CUBA" handstamps, showing on back New York July 9, 1898 transit and "Kristiania" (23.7.98) arrival markings, trivial cover wrinkling, otherwise fine. The first military station opened at Daiquiri, Cuba on 23 June, 1898. The first postmark was undated, so "Earliest Use" cannot be documented. Based on an average of about 2 1/2 weeks delivery time from Cuba to U.S., this cover, which transited NY on 9 July, would possibly have been included in the first mail dispatch from Daiquiri. It is furthermore a cover to a foreign destination, possibly the only one sent during that time | Unsold |
 | Lot #4033 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1899 (24 Jan) cover to New York, franked with 2c and 3c Bureau issues (the latter with straight edge), canceled duplex and "Military Sta. No.7 Gibara", Havana (30 Jan) transit and New York (Feb 3) arrival pmks on back. A rare usage from Gibarra (at the time a small village on the northeast coast), only a few recorded with this marking | Unsold |
 | Lot #4034 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1899 3c on 1c black violet, tied by blue oval grid of Santa Cruz del Sur on cover addressed locally to Puerto Principe, blue company oval datestamp (15 Jan 1899) at bottom, stamp unfortunately defective, cover with folds and slightly reduced at right, fine appearance of one of the only two recorded Puerto Principe covers with "Santa Cruz del Sur" postmark (the other cover from the same correspondence, ex Robertson), Catalog #196 Catalog Value $ 3,000 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4035 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1899 (3 July) registered Patriotic cover (45-star design) to Chicago, franked with 6x2c carmine, tied by "Military Station No.26 Buena Vista" and Duplex markings, with corresponding Registry datestamp, Jacksonville, Fla. Transit and Chicago (10 July) arrival markings, backflap missing, otherwise fine. Ex-Molesworth | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4036 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1899 (3 Aug) registered cover to Boston, franked with 10x2c carmine, tied by "Isabel de Sagua S.C." cds, supported by Registry datestamp, Havana transit and Boston (18 Aug 1899) Registry Division arrival, cover roughly opened with backflap faults, otherwise fine and impressive | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #4037 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1899 5c on 1c black violet, tied by Puerto Principe (2 Jan 1899) cds on cover to New York, insufficiently franked and marked "T" (Havana, Cuba) and on arrival in New York (Jan 14) and "Due 10 Cents", implemented by adding a 10c Postage Due on reverse, tied by cds, with additional markings, cover roughly opened and defective at right, additional filing folds, still fine and incredibly rare, Catalog #198 Catalog Value $ 6,000 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #4038 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1899 (2 May) registered cover to Spain, franked with 5c and 10c surcharges, with "Military Station No.1 Santiago de Cuba" departure datetamp, registry oval and label added in New York, arriving Madrid 24 May, cover with corner repair, otherwise v.f. Catalog #225,226 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #4039 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1906-09 American Troops in Cuba, eight covers or cards neatly displayed on four exhibit pages, showing markings from Marianao, Guanajay, Columbia Barracks, including registered letter from the post hospital at Columbia Barracks to USA, Marines mail from Sancti Spiritus and Baracoa, incoming mail from Lajas, forwarded mail, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #4040 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1917-22 a small exhibit of 16 covers or cards, neatly written-up on eight pages, with Station Ship at Guantanamo Bay, Marine Mail U.S. Navy, 9th Regiment covers, with censor markings, Earliest and Latest Recorded examples of 7th Reg. U.S.M.C. Santiago, Cuba, also "U.S. Marine Detachment Camaguey Cuba", Censor markings "Passed by Censor Second Lieut. U.S.M.C." and others, two Registered covers, each used 7 May 1919 (these are the only two recorded examples of Registered Mail from this U.S. Intervention) | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4041 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba Prisoner of War Mail 1898 two covers from Annapolis, Md and Washington, D.C., showing "U.S.N.A. Censored" and "Prisoner's Letter Censored and Forwarded Navy Department Bureau of Navigation, Washington, D.C.", the latter with Spanish Red Cross handstamp applied on arrival, fine and extremely rare pair of covers from Spanish naval officers captured during the battle of Santiago Harbor. They were transported to the US and held briefly at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, pending repatriation to Spain following the signing of Armistice agreement on 12 Aug, 1898 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4042 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Philippines "Postal Markings of the U.S. Military Stations in the Philippines 1898-1902", partially prepared exhibit of 60+ covers or cards, mostly on pages, including Transport Post Office Forerunners, "Remember the Maine" patriotic cacheted cover from Hong Kong to Ilolo, Military Station markings, Registered cover from "U.S. Military P.O. Sta San Francisco, Cal. U.S.A. No. 1 Philippines" to Hong Kong, others to Wei-Hai-Wei and Tonkin, red violet arrival pmk, incoming registered cover from Mauritius to Manila, "M.O.B." marking, disaster mail ("Damaged Mail off S.S. Morgan City, Manila P.I. 9.30.99") cover addressed to Ilolo (The U.S. Army transport "Morgan City," a chartered steamship, sank while making passage through the Inland Sea of Japan. The ship was en route from San Francisco to the Philippines, carrying recruits for the U.S. Army), Military Station Dagupan, Jolo, Luzon, San Fernando, Military Station Siassi, Zamboanga, etc. Also included is a card from Hungary addressed to Aguinaldo, "chief of the rebels of Manila", plus a cover with Revolutionary franking, paying postage and Registry fee between two Rebel-held towns, mixed condition, remarkable assembly | Price Realized $26,000.00 |
 | Lot #4043 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Philippines Military Mail 1941 three covers, one from Kahuku, Hawaii to USA, showing return address of HQ 192nd Tank Bn., designation "PLUM", plus two covers addressed to "PLUM C/o Postmaster", sent October and December 1941, both "Returned to Sender Service Suspended" handstamps, scarce group ("PLUM" was the code name for the U.S. Army in the Philippines in the buildup to World War II) | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4044 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Philippines Military Mail 1943 (ca) cover from A.C. Jumauan, franked with specially prepared local label inscribed "USAFFE 2 centavos SCF" (denoting U.S.Armed Far East), tied by Badian/Cebu (16 Mar,194?) pmk, sent to Moalboal, censored by hand at Badian by MP Officer, some toning and cover wrinkles, rare (a small quantity of these labels was printed locally to serve as postage stamps in the areas held by the Philippine Guerilla fighters) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4045 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Philippines Military Mail 1944 (30 July) legal size cover franked with 2c "Guerilla Postal Service", tied by oval "Posted in the Free Philippines 30 July 1944 M.D.No.10 Mindanao Guerilla Area", addressed to The Saturday Evening Post in Philadelphia, boxed "We Defend upon Gen.MacArthur's Pledge to Return" handstamp, "Tenth Military District" censor cachet, showing return address of Raul Celeste C/o Major Leo Hipe USFIP APO 500, wrinkled, with some toning, nevertheless a fine cover (released in 1943, this Philippine guerilla stamp was intended for use on the island of Mindanao. It is referred to as the "Free Philippines Guerilla Stamp" and was approved by General Douglas MacArthur. The stamps were printed in Brisbane and were delivered by the U.S.S Naval submarine to the 10th Military District at Esperanza, Agusan province, Mindanao. Colonel Wendell Fertig received the stamps on 15th November 1943, at the time he was the commander of the largest group of guerillas in the Philippines. A few covers were prepared, canceled at HQ at Esperanza and delivered by courier internally or forwarded to Australia) | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #4046 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Puerto Rico 1898-1900 collection of 19 covers or cards, written-up on exhibit pages, various frankings and destinations, Military Station No.5 Coamo, Military Station No.4 San Juan, showing "Advertised", "Dead Letter Bureau" and "Address supplied and forwarded", auxiliary markings applied in San Juan (not recorded in literature), "Official Business" Post Office Department envelopes to NY, Military Station No.3 Mayaguez, No.2 Guayama, incoming mail to Ponce, one handstamped "Military Station No.1 Washington, D.C. Ponce, Porto Rico" on cover from Canada, also Military Station No.6 Utuado, two covers with Trans-Mississippi adhesives sent from Caguas Station and Camuy, others from Bayamon and Arecibo, mixed condition, some extremely rare | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #4047 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Puerto Rico 1898-1901 balance of an exhibit,18 covers neatly displayed on pages, including letter posted Aug.4, 1898 from an officer in transit to Puerto Rico, cover from "Mil.Sta. No.1 Aug 3 98" (Opening Day of the Military Post Office, one of only three examples recorded), others showing "Military Station No.1 Porto Rico" provisional RPO pmks, one an attractive Patriotic design, also "Mil.Sta. No.7 Yauco P.R." provisional and normal steel duplex (with 2c Trans-Mississippi, rounded lower right corner), Naval Mail from "U.S.S. Panther" and "U.S.S. Monongahela", Military Station markings from Cayey Station, Fajardo Station, Humucao Station, Lares Station, Rio Pedras Station, San German Station, Vicques Station, some marked as "the only recorded" | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #4048 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Puerto Rico 1898 (10 Oct) cover with framed "Soldier's Letter 1 Reg. U.S.V.E. Camp near Coamo Puerto Rico" ms endorsement, addressed to Baltimore, franked with 2x1c green, tied by unclear skeleton-type military pmks, sent from either Juana Diaz or Mayaguez (Military station "8" or "3"), extremely rare usage, with arrival (Oct 18) pmk on back, overall toning | Price Realized $475.00 |
| Lot #4049 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Puerto Rico NO LOT | Unsold | |
 | Lot #4050 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Puerto Rico 1899 (12 May) commercial cover to Germany, franked with 1c and 2x2c, tied by duplex pmks supported by "Aguadilla Sta. Porto Rico" departure cds, with Military Station transits and Hamburg arrival pmk, little toning, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #4051 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Puerto Rico 1899 two covers to USA with Trans-Mississippi franking, one with pair of 1c green, the other single 5c blue, Military Station San Juan Porto Rico departure pmks, with arrival pmks, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4052 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Puerto Rico 1900 (25 Nov) Official Business Post Office "M.O.B." envelope to New York, with "Aibonito Sta Porto Rico" departure cds, San Juan transit and Dec.2 arrival pmks. Aibonito is a small mountain town and municipality, east of Coamo. It is the most obscure military station marking from Puerto Rico, one of only a few recorded | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4053 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Wake Island 1933-45 single Frame (16 pages) exhibit with 23 covers or cards, showing various types of mail to and from Wake, including ship mail, Pan-Am flight covers, contractors' mail and military usages. There are two Japanese Occupation covers, civilian internee and Marine POW items from WWII. Naval mail is from U.S.S. Chaumont (Dec 27 1933), Flight covers include a cover from U."S.S.Nitro", Pan-Am Survey flight from Honolulu to Wake and Midway, only recorded Special Delivery mail to Wake Island, letter from a Marine on Wake sent on the last Pan-Am outbound flight Dec 5,1941, cover to Pearl Harbor, "Transferred to Wake Island", returned to sender "Undeliverable", two Japanese Occupation covers, identified by address coded "U-103" ("Otori-Shima") (less than 10 pieces recorded), finally "Surrender Plea Flight Wake Island" cover with U.S. Navy 1 Sep 1945 pmk | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #4054 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA United States forces in North Russia 1919 YMCA cover to USA, endorsed "American Soldier", with a perfect strike of "Army T.P.O. No.1 / 12 Jy 19 / N.R.E.F.", violet "Passed as Censored A.E.F." cachet at bottom, fine. This is one of only four recorded covers from American troops showing use of the postmark of the British TPO in North Russia | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #4055 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA United States forces in North Russia 1919 (24 Feb) cover franked with Russian 2x15k adhesives, tied by Archangel departure cds, addressed to a Private Percy Collar, HQ 339th Infantry American North Russian Expeditionary forces, violet "Censure Militaire Archangel 4" and Archangel (29 Feb) transit markings on back. This is one of only five (!) examples recorded of local mail to U.S. soldiers in North Russia. Censorship of Russian civilian mail was under the control of an allied commission headed by the British, American and French officers | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4056 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA United States forces in North Russia Naval and Maritime Mail 1918 (6 Nov) cover to Rhode Island, sent by E.M.Palmer in Murmansk, with "U.S.S. Olympia Foreign Service" pmk, violet "Passed by Censor" hs, fine. ("U.S.S.Olympia became famous as the flagship of Commodore George Dewey when he said "you may fire when ready, Gridley" during the Battle of Manila Bay) | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4057 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA United States forces in North Russia Naval and Maritime Mail 1919 cover to Decatur, Ill., endorsed by "C.A.Risley, A.E.F.", censored by Lt. Harry Mead at Archangel, carried on a British ship with "Received from H.M.Ship No Charge to Be raised" applied in London, dated Jun 12, 19 and endorsed "Soldier's Mail O.A.S.", fine cover sent during withdrawal of the AEF from North Russia (Lt. Mead later recalled his experience in North Russia in "The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America's Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919", by James Carl Nelson) | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #4058 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919 Incoming mail, two covers, one from London to "North Russian E.F.", with boxed "Base Record 3 May 1919" arrival, Army Base markings and "Unable to Trace Base A.P.O.P.B.", the other cover is from Colchester to Archangel, N.R.E.F., with "Force Evacuated to UK/Return to Sender" handstamp, P.B.2 pmk on back. A fine pair of incoming covers to the British soldiers in North Russia, both markings are "discovery" examples, only two recorded | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #4059 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919 (16 June) registered cover from Archangel to "the Illustrated London News", paying 50k with 3x10k and 20k Russian Arms, tied by departure cds, Registry handstamp alongside, Base Censor No.13 label and additional "The British Censorship is not responsible for the absence of stamps from the cover of this postal packet" typewritten flimsy, stapled at left, fine and rare, actually the only recorded example of this typeset form produced in Archangel for use on civilian mail | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4060 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919 (30 July) free-frank cover from Field Post Office P.B.66 to England, opened Base Censor No.16 label, additional "Passed by censor" in black and red, also "P.C." and arrival pmks, fine soldier's letter from Archangel to England | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #4061 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919 (20 July) "On His Majesty's Service" official, legal-size envelope to D.A.A.G. Archangel, with Field Post Office P.B.14 departure cds, "Passed by Censor No.59R" and oval "North Russian Relief Force 45th BN. The Royal fusiliers Orderly Room" cachet, backstamped on arrival "Army Post Office 27 July", fine (FPO 14 serviced Sadlier-Jackson Brigade at Troitsk and Yakolevsk from 4th July to 31 August 1919) | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4062 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919 (16 Aug) "O.A.S." cover to England, "Field Post Office P.B.13" departure pmk, Opened by Censor P.W.576 label and violet "Passed by Censor No.84R" handstamp alongside, fine (FPO 13 was established at Troitsk, 200 miles southeast of Archangel to serve Grogan's Brigade, from 1 July to 16 August, 1919) | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4063 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919 "On His Majesty's Service" cover, marked "very urgent", with typewritten message from a Lt. Col. R.L.Lake to Lt. Macpherson, Veterinary officer in Ust-Vaga (a village in Bereznikovskoye Rural Settlement of Vinogradovsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast), asking if he is willing to remain in North Russia for additional three months, "A.D.V.S. Archangel" and "Army Signals" markings, extremely rare example of Courier mail | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #4064 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919 four covers or cards displayed on exhibit pages, with Field Post Office P.B.33 and P.B.44 (Pechenga and Bakhariza), the former a "tobacco card" addressed to Malaya (with Kuala Lampur arrival), also FPO P.B.88, "On His Majesty's Service" from "Kem" and "Medvezhyegorsk" (the latter, sent to Murmansk), fine dispatches from uncommon origins | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4065 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919-20 two free-frank covers with "Field Post Office 201" departure pmks, one YMCA to Yokohama, with arrival pmk, the other to New York (addressed to a person who ran a mail forwarding service between POWs in Siberia and Austria), each with arrival pmk, some wear, unusual examples of unpaid international mail from the British soldiers in North Russia | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4066 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia Naval and Maritime Mail 1919 (8 June) cover (with letter) to England, posted on board "H.M.S. Hyderabad", datelined "Ukansky Bay", sent by Surgeon Commander Wm.Keir, forwarded by Naval pouch, with 25 June 1919 arrival and "Received from H.M. Ship / No Charge to be Raised" handstamp, fine | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4067 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA Canadian forces in North Russia 1919 (10 June) cover with Russian franking sent from Archangel to Toronto, endorsed "On Active Service" (Russian stamps were unnecessary), showing return address of the 16th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, oval censor handstamp, fine | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4068 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1918 (7 Nov) picture postcard (U.S. Soldiers on the march) to Chicago, endorsed "Somewhere in Siberia, Soldier's Mail", written in Czech, canceled "U.S. Postal Agency Siberia", with a bold red-violet "Passed by Military Censorship A.E.F. Siberia" (Type C-14 (No.5) handstamp, fine and rare, only 6 (!) recorded | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4069 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1918 (2 Oct) "Knights of Columbus War Activities" corner card cacheted cover to Los Angeles, endorsed "Soldier's Mail", canceled "U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai, China", A.E.F. Siberia Censored cachet, fine (U.S.P.A. Siberia borrowed the USPA "Shanghai, China" cancel and used it from 25th September to 17 October, 1918. Altogether, 57 (!) examples are recorded (of which 17 are in the Smithsonian), all struck in black, poor to barely legible strikes are the norm) | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #4070 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1918 two covers, endorsed "Soldier's Mail" or "Officer's Mail", each with "U.S.Postal Agency Shanghai, China" departure pmks, boxed A.E.F.Censored handstamps, neatly displayed on exhibit page | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4071 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1918 (18 Dec) Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces, Siberia corner card cacheted cover from Major General William S. Graves, commander of the AEF, Siberia, sent to his wife, endorsed "Soldier's Mail", with framed censor handstamp, self-censored by the General, fine cover, one of only three known with HQ corner card, latest recorded use of this "U.S. Postal Agency Siberia" rubber postmark | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #4072 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1918-19 Personal "Soldier's Mail" printed stationery envelopes, three different, Lieut. Lester K.Ade, Lt. Col. T.W. King and O.P. Robinson, Col. General Staff, each with U.S.Postal Agency Siberia departure cds, different censor handstamps, one roughly opened at right, otherwise fine. A rare group (only 5 covers from four different officers have been recorded. This out of nearly 1,300 AEF Siberia covers) | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4073 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1919 U.S. 3c stationery entire envelope, Registered from Vladivostok to San Francisco, with violet registry box, "A.E.F. Siberia Censored M.R. Barrow, Base Censor" hs, "Supposed Liable to Customs" and oval "Free of Duty" handstamped on arrival, minor backflap flaws, extremely rare | Unsold |
 | Lot #4074 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1919 (21 July) Japanese stationery lettersheet canceled "U.S.Postal Agency Siberia", endorsed "Soldier's Mail", censored, addressed to Portland, datelined "Suchan Mines" (the Suchan Campaign involved clearing and subsequent occupation of the mining region around Suchan (currently Partizansk) in a climatically-unforgiving region of Siberia during the Russian Civil War. The letter describes difficulties with mosquitos, etc.) (Japanese lettersheets were rarely used by the American Troops in Siberia) | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4075 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1919 (1 Sep) "Compliments of American Red Cross Canteen Service" stationery lettersheet, endorsed "Nurse's Mail", canceled "U.S.Postal Agency Siberia", censored and sent to USA, with "Siberian Commission American Red Cross" handstamp on back, scarce example of the donated special stationery to the U.S. Troops in Russia | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4076 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1919 Russian Railway Service Corps, two covers to USA., each with Russian franking, sent from Harbin, one from Col. G.H. Emerson (general manager of the Great Northern, head of the RRSC), sent via the British Field Post Office 201 (22 Aug 19), A.E.F. Siberia (self) censored, the other from Lt. Turner to Reynolds, N.D., "Opened by Censor" label, with violet Russian censor handstamp on back | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #4077 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1919 (12 Feb) U.S.Postal Agency Siberia, registered cover, franked with 10c orange, tied by violet departure pmk, addressed to Manila, P.I., A.E.F. Siberia censor handstamp at left, with additional departure and arrival pmks on back. There are only 25 recorded Registered letters sent from A.E.F. Siberia, this being the only known cover addressed to a destination other than the United States | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4078 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia Naval and Maritime Mail 1919-21 selection of 10 covers and cards, from "U.S.S. Helena" and "U.S.S. Sacramento" (both are the only recorded examples from the Siberian Intervention), "U.S.S. Brooklyn", three covers, including a registered cover (with letter), "U.S.S. Albany" and "U.S.S. New Orleans", all described on exhibit pages, mixed condition, fine showing of U.S. Naval presence in Siberia | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #4079 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia Naval and Maritime Mail 1920 "U.S.S. South Dakota", two covers to USA, one YMCA "Sailor's Mail", the other with 2c franking, fine. (In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson ordered the U.S. Army's 27th and 31st infantry regiments to Siberia to help the White Army against the Red Army. In the summer of 1919, the "U.S.S. South Dakota" was ordered from Europe to the Pacific to serve as flagship of the Asiatic fleet and during the winter of 1920, the ship was stationed off Vladivostok, along with the "U.S.S. Albany" to aid in the withdrawal of American troops from Siberia) | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4080 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia Naval and Maritime Mail 1920 "U.S.S. South Dakota", registered, legal size cover sent by a Naval Surgeon from the ship to Grand Rapids, franked with 10c orange, showing "U.S.S. South Dakota Feb 4 1920 Registered" departure pmk and arrival (Feb 23) on back, minor cover tears, probably the only recorded Registered mail from U.S. Naval Forces, Vladivostok, Siberia. Also included cover from "U.S.S. Saturn", canceled U.S. Postal Agency Siberia, with "U.S.S. Saturn" handstamp, officer's censor signature alongside | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4081 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia Naval and Maritime Mail 1922 (14 Aug) American Consular Service Vladivostok, Siberia, registered cover to Seattle, franked with 2c and 5c (2) definitives, tied by violet "U.S. N.R. Sta. Russian Isl. Vladivostok, Siberia" departure pmk, repeated twice on back, with arrival (29 Aug), cover roughly opened at right, scattered tone specks, fine and the Only Recorded example of this postmark on cover. (U. S. Naval Radio Station, Russian Island was located on Russian Island, Siberia (Vladivostok). The station established communication with Peking, Cavite, Guam and with ships within range of the station and as far as Paul and Cordova, Alaska. Cable was laid from the station to Vladivostok, a distance of about fifteen miles, for both telephone and telegraph service at the headquarters of the American Expeditionary Forces and at the Russian Island Red Cross Hospital. As Government traffic. The station remained in U.S. control, furnishing communication to and from the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia and with vessels of the Fleet in Chinese and Japanese waters) | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #4082 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA British forces in Siberia 1918 "On Active Service" cover from a member of the 9th Hampshire Regiment in transit to Omsk, sent though the Chinese Post Office in Harbin to England, dated 22/12/18, franked with 10c Junk on back, departure pmk on front, fine example of use of local post office prior to the establishment of the British postal facilities in Siberia | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #4083 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA British forces in Siberia 1918-19 collection of nine covers or cards, displayed on exhibit pages, including On His Majesty's Service cover sent through the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Corps Post Office, various "British Military Mission/Post Office" markings, censored mail, Earliest Date of use of "British Military Post Office Vladivostok" pmk, Canadian YMCA cover and HQ British Military Mission to Siberia stationery, cover from "H.M.S. Kent", British Warship used as a station ship for the Royal Navy in Vladivostok, etc. A fine collection | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #4084 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA British forces in Siberia 1919 cover and card addressed to members of the British forces in Vladivostok, the former from Madras, India, with King George V franking, "British Mission Post Office Vladivostok" (Ju 18, 1919) arrival markings, redirected back to Madras, Hong Kong and Shanghai transit pmks on back, the latter from Hong Kong (15 Apr 1919) to Sgt. Cunningham 25th Middx Regt., Vladivostok, extremely rare incoming mail to British soldiers in Siberia | Unsold |
 | Lot #4085 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA British forces in Siberia 1919 (16 June) "Field Service" cover (opened for display) to India, with "British Mission Post Office Vladivostok" departure pmk, censored at bottom, transit pmks on back include "Shanghai Br.P.O." (Jy 26), Hong Kong and Bombay (Aug 19) arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #4086 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA British forces in Siberia 1919 (May) "On Active Service" cover to India, franked with Russian 20k and 50k, tied by Vladivostok departure pmk, sent through the British Consulate in Irkutsk, with Czechoslovak Field Post handstamp, censored in Vladivostok and by the British, with Hong Kong transit and "Dhanushkod 4 July, 19" arrival, fine (British forces were stationed in Omsk, Irkutsk and Ekaterinburg supporting the Czech Legion. After departure of the Canadians in May 1919, the British used Czech traveling FPOs to move mail across Siberia) | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #4087 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA British forces in Siberia 1919 "On His Britannic Majesty's Service" cover, with letter from the Acting British Consul in Krasnoyarsk to British Military Mission in Vladivostok, showing "Ceskoslovenske Vojsko Polni Posta, Cis.5" FPO mark, arrival "British Mission Vladivostok Post Office" July 19, 1919 arrival, part of backflap missing, fine example of British Official mail sent through the Czech Field Post | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #4088 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Canadian forces in Siberia 1918 (23 Nov) Canadian YMCA cover to St. Catherine's, Ontario, "Canadian Field Post Office Siberian Exp.Force" departure pmk, boxed "Headquarters C.E.F. Siberia" censor handstamp, endorsed "On Active Service", minor backflap tears, fine cover with exceptionally clear strikes | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #4089 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Canadian forces in Siberia 1918-19 collection of eight covers or cards, displayed on exhibit pages, including "En Route Mail" from members of the second contingent that sailed from Vancouver to Vladivostok, forwarded mail from Bahamas, with "C.E.F.S. Vladivostok" handstamp (one of only five (!) recorded), "Base Depot Siberia" cover with FPO Canadian Siberian Exp. Force cancel, another "on active service" cover from Omsk, "Canadian Siberian Expedition", etc., fine lot | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4090 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Canadian forces in Siberia 1918-19 collection of eight covers to Canada, each showing a different Censor cachet, numbers 1,2,4,5,6,7,9 and 10, written-up on three exhibit pages, Field Post Office Canadian Siberian Exp. Forces cachets, locations identified "Egerscheldt", "East Barracks", "West Barracks", Naval Hospital Vladivostok, etc., mixed condition, rare group, only 3-11 of each recorded | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #4091 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Canadian forces in Siberia 1919 (23 Apr) Registered free-frank cover from Harbin to Capt Le Hain, c/o British Consulate, Vladivostok, with Harbin Railway Station P.O., manual "Registered" and oval "Postage Due" ("1r" inserted by hand), "British Military Mission Post Office" and Russian censor markings, showing "6th Signal Company C.E.F. (Siberia)" in blue of the Canadian Forces, manual "255" inserted in pencil, fine and rare cover | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4092 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Chinese forces in Siberia 1918 (4 Nov) native cover from Nikolsk Ussuriysk, sent via Harbin to Peking, franked with Russia 15k red brown & blue, perf. pair, tied by double ring departure cds, with red handstamp indicating "Chinese Army, 3rd Company, 3rd Regiment, 9th Division", directional tape on reverse "Harbin, Chinese Postal Service", with Peking arrival pmk. fine. (Russian General Dmitry Leonidovich Horvat invited Chinese troops into the Russian-controlled areas of Manchuria to secure the Chinese Eastern Railway against the Bolshevik forces. No Chinese field post offices were established, so mail was sent through the Russian civil postal service. Personal mail required stamps, while some official mail was sent free). This cover is one of only seven (!) recorded examples of mail to/from Chinese Intervention forces | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #4093 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Chinese forces in Siberia 1919 (18 Sep) cover (opened for display) franked with 50k lilac & brown, tied by "Iman Prim." departure pmk and sent to Nanyuan, China. Red handstamp is the unit marking of the 1st Battalion, 33rd Regiment, 9th Division of the Chinese Army. The cover was sent to the base office of the 9th Division Army Service Supply Company in Nanyuan, probably a requisition for provisions, with Harbin transit markings, also bold bilingual "Nanyuan" and Peking arrival pmks, fine and incredibly rare cover (Iman is located on the left bank of the Bolshaya Ussurka River, about three miles from the Chinese border. Nanyuan was a township and area situated on the eastern side of Fengtai District, Beijing) | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #4094 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Chinese forces in Siberia 1919 two native covers, one official registered mail sent unfranked from the 9th Division Commissariat Administration in Harbin to the unit Commissariat in Nikolsk Ussuriysk, Registry label mostly missing, handstamped "Zakaznoye" alongside, with departure (4.3.19) and arrival (5.3.19) markings. The second cover is franked with strip of 3x20k dark blue & red, tied by Khabarovsk (11 Apr) departure pmks, addressed to the Chinese Army Headquarters in Nikolsk Ussuriysk | Unsold |
 | Lot #4095 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Chinese forces in Siberia 1919 (30 July) registered, red-band cover (opened for display), franked with two pairs of imperf. 15k red brown & blue, with perf. pair of 70k brown & red, paying 2 Rubles from the Garrison of the Chinese Headquarters in "Spasskoye", via Harbin to Peking, with Registry label, well struck departure, transit and arrival markings, fine and extremely rare registered cover from the Chinese Intervention Army in Siberia | Unsold |
 | Lot #4096 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA French forces in Siberia 1919-20 collection of 14 covers or cards, neatly written-up on six exhibit pages, showing variety of military handstamps used by the French forces, Fieldpost markings, censor and unit handstamps, mail via Japan, U.S. Postal Agency, Siberia, Colonial Battalion from Tonkin Naval cachet, "Artillerie Coloniale Batterie Siberienne" handstamps, Automobile and Aviation units, French Ski troops, incoming mail from United States and a registered cover from Japan, addressed to the Commandant, French Military Mission in Irkutsk, etc. A splendid representation of the French Army in Siberia | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #4097 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA French forces in Siberia 1919 two Canadian YMCA corner cacheted covers to France, each endorsed "Mission Francaise en Siberie" and "F.M.", two different types of "Mission Militaire Francaise en Siberia Service Postal" cachets, Paris transit pmks, minor cover wear, otherwise fine, one with a faint censor handstamp | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4098 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA French forces in Siberia 1919 (Jan) free frank cover from Capt. Lelong "Mission Francaise Siberie" to Seine et Oise, sent through the Czech fieldpost system, handstamped "Ceskoslovensko Vojsko Polni Posta", redirected on arrival in France. Also a picture postcard to Paris, sent through the Canadian Fieldpost, showing framed "Passed by Censor 009" handstamp, corresponding signature and faint "Canadian Expeditionary Corps" pmk alongside, cover somewhat ragged, otherwise fine and unusual pair of French Army dispatches through Czechoslovak and Canadian Fieldpost services | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4099 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA French forces in Siberia 1919 (3 Mar) YMCA corner cacheted cover to France, sent from Nagasaki, with 10sen adhesive, violet "Mission Militaire Francaise en Siberia / Armee Tcheco-Slovaque Hydro-Glissesurs / Le Commandant" (French Hydrofoils), small Japanese chop (censor mark?), with arrival (17.4.19), backflap mostly missing, filing fold away from the stamp, fine and interesting usage via Japan | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #4100 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA French forces in Siberia 1920 (6 Feb) Canadian Siberian Expedition "On Active Service" corner cacheted cover to France, sent from Nagasaki, with 10sen adhesive, showing "H.Logis, Marechal de Logis Mission Militaire Francaise en Siberie" (Logistics officer), minor tape stains, fine usage via Japan | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4101 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Italian forces in Siberia 1919 (14 Apr) cover, with letter from "R.R.Truppe Italiane in Estremo Oriente Comando" to Lt. Padley, commanding the British Troops, Krasnoyarsk, delivered by courier, clear violet handstamps, cover with tape stains at sides, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #4102 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Italian forces in Siberia 1919-20 collection of 12 covers or cards, neatly written-up on six exhibit pages, with "R.R. Truppe Italiane in Estremo Oriente" stationery postcards, sent from Krasnoyarsk to Italy, one with Russian franking, censored in Vladivostok, cards with oval "R.R. Poste Legione Redenta di Siberia Comando", boxed censor cachets applied on arrival in Bologna, mail sent through the Italian Post Office in Tientsin, other cachets include "Distaccamento Italiani Irredenti", "Missione Militare Italiana in Siberia", the latter applied on corresponding corner card cacheted envelope franked with Russian 1r imperf. tied by Vladivostok departure pmk and sent to Tientsin | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4103 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Japanese forces in Siberia 1919-20 collection of 29 covers or cards, neatly written-up on twelve exhibit pages, numerous Field Post Office markings, "Japonski komendant in Vladivostok" (Japanese commandant in Vladivostok) handstamp, military markings applied in Khabarovsk, Nikolsk, Pogranichnaya, Manchuli, Chita, Razdolnoye, Spasskoye, Ushumun, Verhneudinsk, Blagoveshchensk, Zeya, Nechinsk, Ushumun, Sretensk, etc. In addition, there are FPO markings from the Sakhalin Expeditionary Force (in March 1920, Bolshevik bandits massacred civilians in Nikolayevsk, including some Japanese. In response, the Japanese army occupied northern Sakhalin island), Naval Agency pmks, etc. A most comprehensive collection. (The Japanese deployed 70,000 troops under the command of General Kikuzo Otani and penetrated as far west as Lake Baikal and Buryatia. By 1920, industrial conglomerates such as Mitsubishi, Mitsui and others had opened offices in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Nikolayevsk-on-Amur and Chita, bringing with them over 50,000 civilian settlers. After the international coalition withdrew its forces, the Japanese army stayed and continued to support Admiral Kolchak, later Ataman Semenov, whose government collapsed by 1922. In March and April 1922, the Japanese Army repelled large Bolshevik offensives against Vladivostok. Japanese casualties from the Siberian Expedition included some 5,000 dead from combat or illness, and the expenses incurred were in excess of 900 million Yen) | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #4104 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Japanese forces in Siberia Prisoner of War Mail 1920 Exhibit page with a postal card and front of a lettersheet to Austria and Germany, sent by POWs in "Pervaya Rechka" camp administered by the Japanese, showing special censor marks by the Russian and Japanese authorities | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4105 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Polish forces in Siberia 1918 (Sep) cover sent from the "Headquarters of the Polish Army in East Russia" to Samara, with 2.10.18 arrival pmk, red violet Army HQ handstamp, extremely rare, one of only a few recorded | Unsold |
 | Lot #4106 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Polish forces in Siberia 1920 (ca) cover (reduced at top) with three strikes in red violet (one on reverse) of the rare "Polski Komitet Wojenny w Rosjii" (Polish Military Committee in Russia) handstamp, faint (undecipherable) arrival pmk, fine, extremely rare, only a few recorded | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4107 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Polish forces in Siberia 1920 cover addressed to a Colonel Le Magney in Vladivostok, endorsed "Personelle", with "Mission Militaire Francaise en Siberie Armee Polonaise de Siberie" cachet struck on front and back, carried through the "Ceskoslovenske Vojsko Polni posta Cls.2", "A Repondre" in red crayon, fine and incredibly rare example of the Polish Army in Siberia unit embedded with the French Forces, sent through the Czech Legion post | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4108 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Polish forces in Siberia 1920 (9 Mar) Red Cross POW card sent by a Hungarian prisoner of war in a Russian Camp in Nikolsk-Ussuryjsk, mail via the delegate of the Polish Committee, with corresponding violet military cachet, censored in Warsaw, fine, extremely rare, if not the only known card from the Polish Army in Nikolsk-Ussuryjsk, signed Mikulski. The Polish Committee was arranging for repatriation of Polish ex-POWs in Siberia | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4109 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Yugoslav forces in Siberia 1918 (May) cover sent by Emil Gazdic "Kommandant des I.R. No.122 Feldpost", to another officer of Slovenian origin, with Austrian Fieldpost No.304 (5.V.18) arrival pmk, showing negative seal on front and cachet on back reading "Serb-Croat Slovene Military Control Headquarters in Siberia", fine, signed Mikulski. Described as being the "discovery example, the only recorded to date" | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4110 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1918-20 collection of 21 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing large Circular Bilingual postmarks, unit cachets, Field Post markings, YMCA labels, straight-line handstamps, Official Mail cover from the Czech Ministry of War, section in Irkutsk, soldier's free-franks, Registered Money letter, mail through the Russian Post Office, cards with "President Grant" postmarks (The "S.S. President Grant" made two trips from Vladivostok to Trieste, each time repatriating about 5,000 Legionnaires), mail to United States and to Yugoslavia, excellent representation of the Czech Army markings, mixed condition, some extremely rare items | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #4111 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1918-20 selection of 10 covers or cards, neatly written-up on five exhibit pages, including "Polni Posta/Poste Militaire", "Polni Posta Ceskoslovenskych Vojsk", unit cachet of the Epidemiological and Bacterial Diseases Research Institute (Vladivostok), "President Grant" ship markings (Czech troops on the way home via Tobolsk and Port Said), two covers from the Czechoslovak Purchasing office in Kobe, Japan, sent to Harbin, incoming mail from Prague and Japan, with Legion arrival markings, etc. | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4112 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1919 cover from Hiroshima to Harbin, franked with 2x3sen red, showing return address of the Supplying Dept of the Czechoslovak Army in Hiroshima "Mizoguchi Hotel", various I.J.P.O. transit and Harbin arrival pmks, fine. (The Legion maintained supply offices in Japan) | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4113 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1919 (ca) cover sent free of charge from Prague to a Czech Legionnaire in Siberia, forwarded three times, showing three different Legion FPO markings, fine and exceptional cover, signed Mikulski | Unsold |
 | Lot #4114 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1919 (26 Nov) picture postcard (Czech Army in Russia) datelined Irkutsk, endorsed "Polni Posta Ceskoslovenska vojska na Russi", addressed to Olomouc, with framed "Od Ceskoslovenskeho vojska Postovneho presto" (From the Czechoslovak Army Postage Free), some card toning and minor faults, scarce and unusual marking | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4115 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1920 (24 Mar) picture postcard from Yokohama to "Czechoslovak Staff" Vladivostok, franked with 4sen red, tied by Yokohama pmk, with Vladivostok arrival, framed censor cachet, fine (incoming mail from countries other than Czechoslovakia had to be paid at international rates and was delivered by the Russian post office to the Czechoslovak field post) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4116 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - AZERBAIJAN 1919 two covers and picture postcard from Baku to England or Scotland, showing Field Post markings of Indian FPO 81, Indian FPO 136 and Indian FPO 410, censor and arrival markins, fine and rare group (Baku was occupied by the 39th Brigade, detached from the North Persia Force in November 1918 and evacuated in summer 1919) | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #4117 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - BATUM and TIFLIS British Occupation of Batum 1919 (24 Jan) picture postcard (Constantinople), endorsed "On Active Service", date-lined "Batoum Russia", with British FPO 80 departure cds, addressed to China ("We are at Batoum at present, its not a bad place"), with Hong Kong transit and Peking (25 Mar) arrival pmk, fine card from Batum to a most uncommon destination | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #4118 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - BATUM and TIFLIS British Occupation of Batum 1920 (14 Apr) YMCA corner card cacheted cover, "On Active Service" endorsement, Indian FPO 406 departure pmk, sent to England, fine (Batum was occupied by the 80th Brigade of the 27th Division from 23 Dec 1918 until 8 July 1920) | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4119 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - BATUM and TIFLIS British Occupation of Tiflis 1919 three covers or cards from British FPO 81, British FPO D.27 and British FPO T.27, all used from Tiflis, Georgia, showing different departure and censor markings, fine and scarce group, neatly written-up on exhibit page | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4120 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA Belgian Intervention in South Russia 1920 cover from the representative of the Belgian Military Mission in South Russia (backflap imprint "Le Representant Militaire de Belgique en Russie Commandant du Genie Marcel de Roover") and corresponding cachet on front, franked with South Russia block of 4x35k dark blue, transported by military pouch to England, where it entered the mails in London on 22 January, 1920. (There is no mention in literature of the Belgian Military Mission in South Russia, this cover is one of only two recorded) | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4121 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1919 (29 Sep) "Comite International de La Croix-Rouge" cover (with letter) from the Red Cross tracing service in Geneva, seeking information concerning a T.A.Kasarkosny at Ekaterinodar, handed by Royal Air Force office ("Squadron Royal Air Force" datestamp), forwarded to Taganrog, returned to Geneva (The 47th Squadron F.A.F. was assigned to the Army of the Black Sea, with HQ at Ekaterinodar. The oval unit cachet is previously unrecorded). Also included is the original envelope to Geneva, marked "Franc de Port" | Unsold |
 | Lot #4122 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1919 (9 Apr) The North Caucasian Oil Fields Company Limited Grozny, South Russia, Registered cover to British Military Mission in Ekaterinodar, handled by the Russian Postal System, with 12x15k and 6x5k Imperial Arms issues, with arrival pmk on back, cover faults, rare incoming mail from Grozny (today capital of Chechnya, Russia) | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #4123 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1919 "On His Majesty's Service" official cover to London, undated "British Aviation Mission South Russia" and "Received from H.M.Ship No Charge to be Raised" cachets, London (25 Jy 19) arrival, filing fold and cover wear, this is the only recorded example of the British Aviation Mission cachet used in Russia | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4124 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1919 cover from Rostov to London, with oval "British Military Mission" cachet and censor markings, faint departure pmk at upper right, filing fold, fine cover from BMM with General Denikin's army | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #4125 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1919 cover to England, with large "Army Signals NS K 18 XII.19" marking of "Novorossiysk", delivered to the nearest British Military Mission Post Office for onward transmission to London, abbreviated sender's details at bottom left, rare if not only known example of Courier Mail from South Russia | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4126 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1919-20 two registered covers from Novorossiysk to England, Army Post Office BMM 1 markings, fine and extremely rare, if not only recorded examples of Registered Mail from British Military Mission in Novorossiysk, neatly written-up on exhibit page | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4127 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1920 two covers from APO BMSR1 (Sevastopol) to England, sent by members of the much reduced British military mission attached to Baron Wrangel's forces in Crimea, fine and scarce pair of covers, neatly written-up on exhibit page | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4128 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1920 New East Relief, two covers representing the American Intervention in South Russia, one mailed via the French FPO 506 in Constantinople, the other via British Post Office, originating from Batum, sent by Dr. Emily Clark MacLeod, fine and very unusual usage | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4129 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia Naval and Maritime Mail 1920 (14 Jan) cover from the Royal ship "Marlborough", addressed to England, "Received from H.M.Ship No Charge to be Raised", endorsed "On Active Service" handstamp, London transit, fine (British warships the Black and Caspian Seas before, during and after the British Army presence in the region. The Royal Navy delivered supplies to Denikin's forces in Novorossiysk and was involved in evacuating Russian refugees from the Crimea in October 1920) | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4130 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA Trans-Caspian Force 1919 (8 Mar) "On Active Service" cover to England, with "FPO Nr.409" dated handstamp on back, "Via Baku and Batum thro O.C. Krasnovodsk" routing endorsement at left, officer's signature, minor tear at top, fine cover from Krasnovodsk, occupied by the elements of Malleson Mission and used for the evacuation of that force in March, 1919. The Indian Field Post Office No.409, was later moved to Petrovsk | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #4131 AFGHANISTAN 1885 (6 Mar) legal size envelope (opened for display), endorsed "On Her Majesty's Service", with 2x1/2a OHMS overprints tied by grid cancels, sent from Gulran by Sir Peter Lumsden, the head of Afghan Boundary Commission, to General Steward, the Commander of the Army in India, with letter, providing a detailed account of the Russian Annexation of Panjdeh, with Rawalpindi (27 Mar) and Quetta (28 Mar) arrival markings. Cover is dirty and somewhat defective, nevertheless fine and only recorded from "Commission in Afghanistan" during this period (the Afghan Boundary Commission (or Joint Anglo-Russian Boundary Commission) was established to determine the northern border of Afghanistan. The commissioners traveled and documented the northern border area from 1884 to 1886. Tensions between Russia and Afghanistan grew in 1885, in the aftermath of the Panjdeh incident, in which several hundred Afghans were killed by Russian troops, as witnessed by several members of the commission. From March until September, it seemed likely that this would lead to war between Russia and Britain, with the Commission at the epicenter (Britain controlled Afghanistan's foreign affairs following the Treaty of Gandamak). Between 1885 and 1888, the Commission agreed that he Russians would relinquish the most remote territory captured in their military advances, but would retain Panjdeh. The agreement delineated a permanent northern Afghan frontier at the Amu Darya, with the loss of a large amount of territory, especially around Panjdeh) | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4132 AFGHANISTAN 1921 (27 Sep) On His Majesty's Service cover (backflap missing), sent by Major Fennel of the Kabul Mission to a fellow officer in Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, boxed "Field Service Postage Free" handstamp, Indian Field Post Office 148 and Peshawar arrival pmks on back (on occasion British forces were dispatched to Afghanistan, illustrated by this 1921 usage) | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4133 AFGHANISTAN 1928 (Oct) cover sent from Kabul to a Countess in Alessandria, Italy, franked with 40p ultramarine, tied by departure pmk, showing return address of "Alberto Inviziali, Artillery Colonel with the Italian Military Mission", sent via Landikhana, arriving in Italy (29.10.28), minor cover tears, otherwise fine (a small force of Italian officers were sent to Afghanistan in the late 1920s as military advisers to help the King's troops against tribal unrest) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4134 ALBANIA 1913 (27 Dec) cover from Durres to Trieste, franked with 2x20pa Ottoman revenues handstamped with violet Double Eagle, also piece of envelope with 4x2pa carmine, black Double Eagle handstamps, Durres 1914 departure and New York arrival pmks, rare usage | Unsold |
 | Lot #4135 ALBANIA 1913 four covers from Vlone to Germany, Austria, etc., neatly written-up on exhibit pages, including a newspaper wrapper to Zagreb, cover with the complete set of six, registered to Bremen and forwarded to Hannover, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine Catalog #21-26 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #4136 ALBANIA 1914 Skanderbeg Issue, complete set of six, used on registered Otto Bickel cover from "Tchay-Aghzi", bilingual 10 Jan 14 departure pmks, further endorsed "Medua" by hand (The Ottoman "Tchay-Aghzi" denotes a small river, marking deemed inappropriate after Independence, hence the Italian name "Medua" was used), fine and scarce usage | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4137 ALBANIA 1914 Skanderbeg Issue, cover from Shkoder to Varese, single 50q franking, tied by departure cds, with red "A R" label for return receipt below, filing folds, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk on back | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4138 ALBANIA Air Post 1929 Kingdom of Albania overprints, complete set of seven used on First Day Cover (Vlone Dec 1, 1929), addressed locally, v.f. (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #C22-28 Catalog Value $ 1,151 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4139 ALBANIA Postal Stationery 1913 Provisional Government, four stationery entire envelopes, two first issue from Qukes and Vlone, other from the second issue, with "Of Albania" instead of the Eagle in center, Pequin and Shijak departure pmks, filing folds, otherwise fine | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4140 ALBANIA Postal Stationery 1913 two stationary cards, one with Double Eagle handstamp on 20pa red, canceled Vlone 16.11.13 and addressed to Buenos Aires, also a registered Skanderbeg 10q card with additional 1fr, canceled Vlone and addressed to Vienna, fine | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4141 ALBANIA Albanian Locals - Elbasan 1919 two stationery entire envelopes, used from Tirana to Elbasan and from Elbasan to Pequin, used in the early days of the Durres government when postal service was reduced to a bare minimum, with seals of the finance office in Elbasan and other provisional markings, fine and rare, Catalog #Mi.U1 Catalog Value €12,000 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4142 ALBANIA Albanian Locals - Korce 1920 (25 May) cover franked with French 5c and 10c adhesives, tied by violet "Territoire Pogradec Poste" handstamps, with local "Korytsa Albania" cds at bottom, cover wrinkles, otherwise fine usage during French Administration (during WWI, Pogradec became a battlefield divided between the enemy fronts. From 1914-20 Austro-Hungarian, Serbian, Greek, Bulgarian and French armies, captured the city, replacing each other from time to time) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4143 ALBANIA Albanian Locals - Korce 1920 (14 July) cover from Scutari to Constantinople, franked with French Timbre Taxe 25c, tied by violet "Territoire Pogradec Poste" handstamp, with local "Korytsa Albania" cds at bottom, fine usage at the end of French Administration | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4144 ALBANIA Albanian Locals - Shkodra 1919 (1 Sep) registered cover from Shkoder to Paris, franked with 3x1gr on 25q overprinted "Shkoder 1919" above the portrait, tied by bilingual Scutari pmks, large portion of wax seal remaining on back, fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4145 ALBANIA Albanian Locals - Shkodra 1919 (27 Apr) cover from Obot to Shkoder, franked with 50q with red overprint and large handstamped "T", tied on arrival by bilingual Shkoder/Scutari pmk, additional "T" due mark, fine and rare usage from Obot | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #4146 ALBANIA Allied Occuption of Albania during World War I 1916-20 selection of 12 covers or cards on exhibit pages, with mail from Albanian Volunteers in militia units of the Italian Army, American Red Cross Commission to Albania cover, also a card to New York, covers from French Forces, including registered mail, card sent by a member of a French Aviation unit serving with the Serbian Army, renamed "Escadrille d'Albanie", official cover sent from Tresor et Postes 511 at Itea to Santi Quaranta, other Field Post markings from Epirus, Korytza, etc. A fine presentation, with several extremely rare items | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #4147 ALBANIA French Occupation of Albania 1919-20 two covers, one headed "Detachement Francais de Scutari", canceled "Tresor et Postes" (23 Jan 19), sent to France, the other with French franking, canceled by red "Territoire de Pogradec" May 1920 departure pmks addressed to Korce, with 25 May 20 arrival pmk alongside | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4148 ALBANIA British Contingent in Albania 1916-19 cover and card from Field Post Office W.3 and Army Post Office S.100, sent to Ireland and Surrey, marked "A.O.S." and showing different censor markings, fine. Field Post Office W.3 operated at Valona for four months and only a few examples have survived | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #4149 ALBANIA British Contingent in Albania 1916-18 four cards from British Army Post Offices S.100, SZ25, Field Post Office F.D.9, used from Scutari, sent to England, various censor markings, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #4150 ALBANIA Greek Occupation of Albania 1913-14 three covers from Korytsa, Biglitza and Delvinon to Athens, Tunisia and Constantinople, various transit markings, also five Greek pictorials, canceled Agios, Argirokastron, Liaskovikion, Premeti and Tepelonion, fine | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #4151 ALBANIA Serbian Occupation of Albania 1915 (16 Dec) Fieldpost card mailed from Scutari to Novi Pazar and a cover from Tirana to Elbasan, franked with both Serbian and Central Albania regional stamp, with Star handstamp in center, plus a 5p Serbian stamp canceled on piece by Elbasan pmk, fine group neatly described on exhibit page | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #4152 ALBANIA Italian Occupation of Albania 1939-44 collection of 42 covers or cards, neatly displayed and written-up on exhibit pages, starting with military mail "Ufficio Concentramento P.M.402", "Ufficio Postale Militare 22", "95" and "202" sent from Coriza, Durazzo and Tirana, also Military Mail cards "P.M. 402" and "52", the latter from Porto Edda (Sarande), "Constituent Assembly" Postage and Air Post overprints on covers, First Flight via L.A.T.T. from Tirana to Rome and from there to Seville, Pictorial definitives, including complete set of 14 on FDC, censored mail to Graz, Nice, wrapper to England, mail to USA and Switzerland, Official card to Firenze, Third Anniversary, Anti-Tuberculosis Semi-Postals, Branch postmarks (Durres/Banja, Shkoder-Treg, Vlone/Skele), village postmarks from Himare, Kelcyre, Librazhad, Italian re-named "Porti Edda", "Borgo Constanzo Ciano", Diplomatic Mail from Tirana to Vienna, Fascist Militia Legion mail, etc. A comprehensive collection | Price Realized $6,750.00 |
 | Lot #4153 ALBANIA Italian Occupation of Albania 1940 (27 Apr) registered cover from Tirana to Allessandria, franked with four different stamps, including Air Post and Special Delivery, part of backflap missing, minor toning, otherwise fine, with arrival pmks | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4154 ALBANIA Italian Occupation of Albania 1942 (19 Dec) cover from Brindisi to Tirana, franked on back with Italian 10c and 20c (8), with arrival (18.I.43) pmk, returned to Italy, where it remained at the post office for one year and sent back, arriving on 10 July, 1944 and franked with 10q Postage Due and German semi-postal 10+5q, opened and resealed by censor, fine and unusual combination franking featuring both the Italian and German Occupation issues | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4155 ALBANIA Italian Occupation of Albania 1943 (11 Feb) registered cover from Tirana to Prague, franked with three different definitives and 50q Special Delivery, tied by departure cds, with Registry and Air Mail labels, opened by censor, with additional violet censor marks, backstamped on arrival (24.II.43), rare usage from Italian Occupied Albania to German Occupied Czechoslovakia | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4156 ALBANIA Kosovo Region 1944 (17 June) registered cover from Prizren to Istanbul, franked on both sides with 8x10q brown (including a block of four), also a single 2q and 3q (defective), all tied by "Prizren" double circle departure pmks, cover (missing backflap) opened and resealed by censor, Tirana transit and Istanbul (30 June) arrival datestamp, filing fold away from the stamps, extremely rare commercial usage from Prizren (in present day Kosovo) Catalog #Mi.2,3,5 | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #4157 ALBANIA Kosovo Region 1944 (10 Aug) cover from Peje to Korce, franked with single 15q red, tied by double-circle "Peje" cds, boxed "Postverkehr eingestellt - Zuruck / Service Suspendu - retour" (returned, service suspended) handstamp, cover opened and resealed by censor, fine and extremely rare commercial usage from German Occupation of Kosovo (after the war, Peje again became part of Yugoslavia as part of the Autonomous Region of Kosovo and Metohija, an autonomous unit within the Socialist Republic of Serbia) Catalog #Mi.6 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #4158 ALBANIA Kosovo Region 1944 (24 June) cover from Tetovo to Maribor ("ex-Jugoslavia, Slovenia, Italien" crossed out, with only "Germania" remaining in the address portion), franked with single 30q violet, tied by double-circle "Tetovo" cds, cover opened and resealed by censor, filing fold away from the stamp, fine and extremely rare commercial usage from Tetovo (after the war, the town became part of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. Many of Tetovo's Albanians were subjected to repression) Catalog #Mi.6 | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #4159 AUSTRIA Issued under Italian Occupation - Venezia Giulia 1918-23 selection of 12 covers or cards on exhibit pages, with "Aviazione R. Marina/Trieste", "Pola" and "Trieste" cachets applied on Trans Adriatic Air Mail route using military seaplanes, military postmarks, Austrian Parcel Card handstamped "Venezia Guilia", franked with unoverprinted Italian stamps, other covers from Abbazia, Brioni and Porto Rose, with unoverprinted Italian definitives, canceled by old Austrian pmks, fine group | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4160 AUSTRIA Austrian Occupation of Montenegro Military Stamps 1917 Prepared but not issued, Austrian Military Post, 3h-90k Franz Josef stamps, 15 different, also four Newspaper Mercury stamps, and Bosnian 5h postage due stamp, each overprinted with a horizontal "Montenegro" in black, blue or red, l.h. or h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., only 40 of each printed, * Catalog #ANK V-XVII Catalog Value €6,850 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #4161 AUSTRIA Austrian Occupation of Montenegro Military Stamps 1917 Prepared but not issued, Austrian Military Fieldpost card, overprinted "Montenegro" in blue, used in combination with the issued 10h stamp, canceled Cetinje, 1 March 1917, sent to Zagreb, with March 5 arrival pmk alongside. This card, overprinted with a horizontal "Montenegro" in blue is, according to Mr. Kugel, the only known used example of the five (!) cards recorded | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #4162 AUSTRIA Austrian Occupation of Montenegro Military Stamps 1916-18 collection of 25 covers or cards on 12 exhibit pages, with variety of FPOs (308, 337, 338, 343) and "K.K.Etapenpostampt" from various cities, including Andrijevica, Berane, Cevo, Djakova, Ipek, Matasevo, Peja, Rijeka, Stari Bar, Ulcinj-Naval Telegraph station, Virpazar-Naval administration of Lake Scutari. Also included are the overprinted stamps of the 1st of March 1917 issue on registered cover, First Day of usage from Kolasin and much more. An exciting exhibit, truly a treasure trove from Montenegro during WWI | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #4163 BELGIUM German Occupation 1914 picture postcard (Ruins of Louvain) franked with 20c olive brown "Le Courier Provisoire", perforated 13, with 19.10.1914 datestamp, addressed to Brussels, fine (during the early days of German Occupation, a Mr.Armand Berhaut organized a private mail and parcel transport service for Brussels and suburbs, which functioned from 15-21 October,1914. He was was arrested by the Germans and sentenced to prison for competing with the Imperial Post Office) | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4164 BELGIUM German Occupation 1916-17 two Fieldpost cards from Brussels to Germany, with "Pfadfinderabteilung der Feldpost Kommandatur" and "Polizei-Kommando Sect.II" markings, each endorsed "Feldpost", fine and rare examples of delivery service provided by a unit of Boy Scouts which handled mail from the Occupation Headquarters to the main post office | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #4165 BELGIUM German Occupation 1916-18 collection of 44 covers or cards displayed on exhibit pages, showing selected cachets of various military units and agencies in Brussels, Antwerp, Gent, Hasselt, Brugge, Arel, Namur, Charleroi, Loewen, Liege, Spa, Ostende, Kortrijk, etc. There are German markings and Registry labels from "Feldpostampt des Grossen Hauptquartiers" (Supreme HQ), Naval Stations, postal stationery and issued stamps on covers, special commemorative pmks, etc. | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4166 BELGIUM German Occupation 1917 3c-6fr25c surcharges on German stamps, overprinted "Flandern" instead of "Belgien", 13 different, complete as printed, unused without gum, couple of minor perf. flaws, fresh, fine-v.f., with 1986 Lundin certificate (in the summer of 1917, Belgium was divided into two political administrative areas. As a result, two independent postal administrations were set up on 21 October 1917. Brussels was the main postal center in Flanders, and Namur in Wallonia. Presumably it was planned in Berlin to replace the "Belgien" overprints with "Flandern" and "Wallonien". Trial printings were made at the end of 1917 and in early 1918. This project never came to fruition. Only two or three sets of these proofs exist, including those in the Berlin Postal Museum) (*) | Price Realized $30,000.00 |
 | Lot #4167 BELGIUM German Occupation Postal Stationery 1917 8c on 7 1/2pf and 10c on 10pf unused stationery postal reply cards, overprinted "Flandern" instead of "Belgien" and "Wallonien" instead of "Belgien", four different, folded between, each handstamped "Mustersamml. - Abt.III", fine-v.f. Only a few copies of these trial overprints on Postal Stationery have been found in the archives | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #4168 BELGIUM French units in Belgium 1919 cover and card with "Liquidation des Stocks Francaise de Belgium" and "Base Francaise de transit Anvers" cachets, sent from Bastogne and Antwerp, fine and scarce examples of mail from French units in Belgium at the end of WWI | Unsold |
 | Lot #4169 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austro-Hungarian Consular Post 1850-60 four FLs with Austrian franking, two sent from Mostar to Metkovich, where Austrian franking was added for further transmission to Trieste, others from Banjaluka to "Konstainiza", where 9kr and 15kr adhesives were added and sent to Trieste, filing folds, one through the stamp at top, otherwise fine group of mail forwarded via Metkovitch and Konstainica, with first and second Austrian Issue stamps | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #4170 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austro-Hungarian Consular Post 1852 (7 May) FL from Buna, delivered to Metcovich for further delivery in Vienna, franked with 9kr blue, tied by Metkovich 7 May datestamp, fine and attractive cover, backstamped in transit at Karlstadt, arriving in Vienna (15 May) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4171 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austro-Hungarian Consular Post 1859 (27 July) FL from Banja Luka, taken across the border in diplomatic pouch and posted through the Austrian mails, franked with 1858 15kr type II (Scott 11), tied by "Okucane" cds, sent via Agram to Trieste, some minor cover tears, otherwise fine, with transit and arrival pmks | Unsold |
 | Lot #4172 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Military Mail 1879 (18 May) 5kr Money Order sending 150gld from Field Post Office No.18 in Mostar to Trieste, additionally franked with 5kr and 10kr Franz Josef, fine print, tied by cds, Trieste 24.5.79 arrival pmk on back, fine "Feldpost Expositur" forerunner with Austrian franking | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4173 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Military Mail 1879 (11 Aug) Money order for 115 gld from Field Post Office No.18 in Mostar to Metkovic, franked with a vertical pair of 15n brown, tied by "Feldpost-Expositur No.18" pmk, repeated alongside, with Metkovic arrival (22.8) on back, usual filing folds well away from the stamps, only one other pair of this value has been recorded on cover | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4174 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Military Mail 1879 (26 June) cover (with letter) marked "Franco", with "K.u.K. Feldpostampt 26/6 SERAJEVO" departure pmk, sent by Stephan Frh. von Jovanovic (Austrian Feldmarschallleutnant, commander of the occupation of Herzegovina and military commander of Bosnia & Herzegovina, governor of Dalmatia and military commander of Zara) to a nobleman in Vienna, with "Wieden in Wien" and "Wien" arrival pmks on back, fine example of the old-spelling of Sarajevo pmk, not used elsewhere in Bosnia & Herzegovina | Unsold |
 | Lot #4175 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Military Mail 1887 (10 Feb) 5n stationery entire envelope additionally franked with a horizontal strip of 5x2n yellow, all tied by framed "K.K.Milit.Post XI/Banjaluka", paying 15kr Registry rate to Vienna, with 12.2.1887 arrival pmk on back, v.f. and attractive usage with all stamps and markings on front | Unsold |
 | Lot #4176 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Military Mail 1888 (15 Sep) 5n stationery entire envelope additionally franked on back with horizontal pairs of 2n yellow and 3n green, tied by "K..K.Milit.Post VII/Travnik", paying 15kr Registry rate to Budapest, with 17.9.88 arrival pmks, v.f. and attractive usage | Unsold |
 | Lot #4177 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Ottoman Forerunners 1876 (8 May) FL from Mostar to Sarajevo, postal charge of 1 1/2 piasters, paid with 1pi and 2x10pa, fine. Also a pair of Ottoman adhesives with Mostar postmarks | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #4178 BULGARIA 1879 10c black & green, used in combination with 15st on FL from Sofia (12.11.81) to Vienna, minor cover erosion and filing fold away from the stamps, fine mixed franking Centimes + Stotinki issues Catalog #2,9 | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #4179 BULGARIA 1879 25c black & violet, vertical pair, tied by bilingual "Lovitcha" 1 Nov 1881 departure pmk on registered cover, sent via Roustchouk and St. Petersburg to Viborg, Finland, fine cover, with part of wax seal on back Catalog #3 | Price Realized $5,750.00 |
 | Lot #4180 BULGARIA 1879 1fr black & red, used in combination with 50c black & blue (on reverse) of registered cover from "Lom Palanka" 13 Mar 81 to Munich, bilingual departure pmks, filing fold away from the stamps, extraordinary quadruple weight UPU rate to Bavaria, with Munich arrival (29 Mar) on back Catalog #4,5 | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #4181 BULGARIA 1882-87 Issues, selection of three items, including two Parcel Address forms, one used in 1890 with 15s, pair of 30s and 10s Fiscal, canceled "Rustchuk", the other used in 1889, with 50s and 1L, additional 10s Fiscal, canceled "Russe", plus 1895 "Noviny" newspaper with single 1s tied by bilingual "Seymen" cds, paying printed matter rate, fine | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4182 BULGARIA 1885 four covers or cards neatly displayed on exhibit pages, with Military Mail, covers carried free of postage with South Bulgarian Negative seals inscribed "Military Headquarters Plovdiv", 5s stationery card used from Bulgarian Occupied Pirot to Plovdiv, plus a cover with blue circular cachet of the "Commander of the Eastern Army Corps", sent from Plovdiv to Pirot, in occupied Serbia, with arrival pmk and "First Military T.P.O." marking, stated to be one of only two recorded, fine and very scarce. (The Serbo-Bulgarian War lasted from November 14, 1885 to March 3, 1886. The war demonstrated the instability of the Balkan peace settlement imposed by the Congress of Berlin. Serbia started the war but was decisively defeated, with a major Bulgarian victory at Slivnitza and subsequent advance into Serbia. Despite Bulgaria being a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, the Turks did not intervene and it was Austria that demanded Bulgaria stop its invasion, and a truce resulted) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4183 BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War 1877 (29 Dec) cover from London, addressed to an English nursing sister at the Red Cross hospital in "Sistova, Bulgaria, Turkey", endorsed "if departed, please forward to destination", mailed via Bucharest (3 Jan), showing Russian F.P.O.15 (23 Dec 1877) transit (Julian calendar, 12 days earlier than the Gregorian calendar used in the West). This FPO 15 was then located at Zimnica (today Zimnicea, Romania, a port on the Danube, opposite the Bulgarian city of Sistov), used as a forwarding center for mail between Russia and the occupied areas of Northern Bulgaria. A rarity (Tchilingirian states that "no postal material from this FPO appears to have been recorded) | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4184 BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War 1878 (17 July) FL from Tirnovo, canceled by a bilingual "Tyrnovskaya Pocht. Kont." pmk, addressed to Gabrovo, with arrival cds alongside, letter with handstamp of a Police archival mark Tirnovo, fine, neatly described on exhibit page | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4185 BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War 1878 (13 Sep) official letter sent to the postmaster at Tirnovo, through FPO 1, showing clear "Polevaya Pocht. Otdel." departure pmk, fine post-war usage (the Russians maintained a significant military presence in Bulgaria pending the implementation of territorial decisions of the Great Powers at the Congress of Berlin) | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #4186 BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War 1880 (23 Feb) large portion of wrapper to Constantinople, franked with First Issue 25c black & violet, tied by Bulgarian "Tirnovo" departure cds, with Russian Post Office "Tirnovo" (24 Feb), "Varna" transit and Constantinople (11 Mar) arrival markings on back, fine example of Russian Post Office in Bulgaria, still in operation even after the Bulgarian postal system started | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #4187 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1880 (1 Dec) cover (opened for display) from Karlovo to Koprivshtitsa, franked on reverse with Ottoman 10pa lilac and 4x20pa pale green (the overprinted stamps were not yet issued for Eastern Rumelia), tied by four negative seals and "Pochta Karlovo" departure cds, Adrianople transit and TPO "Istoch.Rumelis.Pochta ot Vlakad" (12.12.80) clearly struck on front, cover slightly reduced at left, fine example of the Russian Traveling Post Office mark, with 2009 Sismondo certificate (when Russian army occupied Eastern Rumelia in early 1878, they provided postal cars for the railway line. Mail processed on-board was canceled by special TPO markings inscribed in Cyrillic "Eastern Roumelian Post From Train 1") | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4188 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1880 (4 Dec) cover posted on the Russian Railway post office for delivery in Philippople (Plovdiv), postmark in Cyrillic reads "Pochta Plovdiv" ("Post" at top, "Plovdiv" at bottom, instead of the listed bilingual Russian and Bulgarian), also Russian Traveling Post Office mark in Cyrillic ("Eastern Roumelian Post From Train 1"), "Franco" hs indicates postage was paid in cash, cover missing backflap, otherwise fine, with 2001 Sismondo certificate | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4189 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1881 two covers used from "Tatar Pazardchik" and Plovdiv, each with Turkish stamps overprinted in blue "R.O." ("Roumelie Orientale"), sent to Elisavetgrad (Russia) and Leskovac (Serbia), transit markings include Sofia, Rustchuk, Ungeni and Russian TPO, as well as arrival of Leskovac, usual cover wear, otherwise fine | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4190 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1883 two special formula postal cards, one to Plovdiv, with "Roumelie Orientale Du Train" (17.V.83) TPO cancel, the other sent from Plovdiv | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4191 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1885 (21 Sep) cover from Pechtera to Plovdiv, franked with pair of 1pi black & blue, overprinted in black, tied by bilingual departure pmks, with arrival pmk on back, minor cover mending, otherwise fine, extremely rare usage of provisional issue on cover, as opposed to the usual postcards | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4192 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1885 five cards, displayed on exhibit pages, including a registered card from "Tchirpan" to "Tchepelare", franked with 20pa black & rose, blue overprint (stamp slightly defective), formula card from Plovdiv to Sofia, franked with 20pa rose, three cards with the final issue, including a Registered card from Aitos, franked with 20pa rose, card from "Hadji Elles", with 5pa lilac and a card from Pazardjik to Seymen, with 10pa green, fine and scarce group, with two Registered cards Catalog #22,29,38-40 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4193 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1885-88 two covers from Plovdiv and Pazardjik to Constantinople, each with Bulgarian franking, which was not recognized (The Turkish authorities refused to accept the Bulgarian annexation of Eastern Rumelia) and charged postage due at double the normal postal rate, indicated by "T", with Ottoman stamps added to reflect the amounts collected from the recipients, mixed condition, some cover faults, markings intact, very rare | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4194 BULGARIA Turkish Administration 1900-13 collection on exhibit pages, showing forerunner covers or cards from small villages in the Bulgarian area, including "Palaz", "Petridj", "Moustapha Pacha" (Svilingrad, Gare), "Sjoumaai-Bala", "Eyri-Dere", "Kirdje Ali", "Nevrocope", "Tamrache", "Gumuldjina", "Dede-Aghaj", "Feredjik", etc. There are 13 covers or cards, plus stamps on pieces, fine and elusive holding | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #4195 BULGARIA Bulgaria in World War I 1917 (15 Jan) registered cover sent through the German Fieldpost Station No.227 in Constantinople, with cachet of the "Regimental Headquarters of the German Troops with the Bulgarian 2nd Army", with additional "Imperial Ottoman Staff Officer with the Staff of the Royal Bulgarian 2nd Army" bilingual handstamp, appropriate Registry label, "Feldpost Mil. Mission Konstantinopel" pmk on back, fine example of the cooperation between Germany and its allies of the Central Powers | Unsold |
 | Lot #4196 BULGARIA French Forces in Bulgaria 1919-21 selection of six covers on two exhibit pages, showing variety of French Forces in Bulgaria markings, including "Tresor et Postes 524", "524A", "524B", "Vag. Etapes 35"; two covers with "Entrepot 5" and "Entrepot 6" (located at Sofia, Giurgevo and Rustchouk), fine and seldom offered markings used by French Forces in Bulgaria | Unsold |
 | Lot #4197 CENTRAL LITHUANIA 1921 Parcel card franked with 3m and 10m Commemoratives, tied by "Wilno 2" (11.6.21) departure cds, with Jaroslaw 17.VI.21 arrival pmk alongside, also on reverse, fine and rare commercial usage, with 1993 Schmutz certificate | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4198 CENTRAL LITHUANIA 1921 Parcel card franked with 1,000m Commemorative, tied by "Wilno 1" (26.11.21) departure cds, with Kolomyia (30.XI.21) arrival pmk, fine and rare, with 1993 Schmutz certificate | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4199 CENTRAL LITHUANIA 1921-22 three covers or cards, the latter Registered from Landwarow, others from Oszmiana and Swieciany, the latter Registered to Vienna, one cover roughly opened at left, otherwise fine, scarce commercial usage from small towns/villages | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #4200 CENTRAL LITHUANIA 1922 (24 Jan) cover from Nowa Wilejka to Finland, franked with eight Commemoratives, violet departure pmk and traces of arrival, backflap missing, otherwise fine | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #4201 CENTRAL LITHUANIA 1922 (22 Feb) registered cover to Paris, franked with 50m dark blue, tied by "Wilno 1" departure cds, violet "Wilno-Sejm" Registry box, with Commercial Press cachet and arrival (26.2.22) pmk on back | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4202 CENTRAL LITHUANIA Military Mail 1921 (Jan) large piece of a wrapper, plus a postal card showing "Poczta Polowa No.23" and "Frontowa Poczta Polowa No.23" pmks, the latter Registered, boxed "Poczta Polska R.No." handstamp and Minsk HQ arrival, the former with "Dowodztwo Baonu Zapasowego Minskiego p.p." HQ arrival hs on reverse. Also included are four additional cards and cover, various military markings, soldier's mail, etc., all displayed on exhibit pages | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4203 CHINA Japanese Occupation of China 1940-41 selection of 26 covers or cards, well described on exhibit pages, including military mail from North China to Yokohama, Tientsin military branch, First Naval Post Office on HIJMS "Izuma" moored in the Whangpoo River in Shanghai, cards from Central China, flown cover from Hankow to Shanghai, franked with surcharged Air Mail stamps, covers from Hopei Province, Honan, Shansi, Shantung, including registered cover from Tsingtao to New York, covers from Supeh to Tientsin and Peking, registered cover from Meng Chiang (Inner Mongolia) to Tientsin, interesting usages | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4204 CRETE 1897-1907 collection on 12 exhibit pages, with 23 covers or cards, including British contingent cover to London, sent unfranked through the Italian Post Office in Canea, charged "5d" on arrival, another cover endorsed "Stamps not available", sent from "H.M.S.Harrier" to London, cover and card with "Camp Post Office Candia" and "Headquarters Crete" markings (the latter to Malta), mail from French forces in Canea and Hierapetra, military markings, others with French 15c Type Sage, registered cover endorsed "Corps Francaise d'Occupation de Crete", Italian stationery card overprinted "La Canea" with "Commandement des Troupes Internationales La Canea/Le Commandant Superieur" cachet, Cretan Gendarmerie markings, Russian Administration covers (3), used locally, Austrian Infantry Battalion, registered cover from Canea to Pola, etc. | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #4205 CRETE British Administration 1898 cover mailed by I. Griffith, the military commander of Monofatsi to Candia, with "Governor Monofatsi International Occupation" seal, with corresponding Flag indicia alongside, endorsed "20 Paras" and dated 9.12.98, addressed to a Captain Edgar at Candia, with Austrian Post Office 12.12.98 arrival pmk on back, filing folds, fine and rare cover, only 24 examples of the provisional marking were prepared prior to the issuance of the new Cretan stamp | Unsold |
 | Lot #4206 CRETE British Administration 1898 20pa violet, margins all around, canceled by straight-line "Archanes" in blue and manuscript 1/10/12.98 (presumably covering both Julian and Gregorian calendars) on small cover addressed to Maj. General H.Chermside (commander of the British troops and military commissioner from 1896-99), v.f., with sender's note on back ("Inscription on stamps in Greek Provisional post of Kandia"), with 1988 Peter Holcombe certificate: "This is the only British cancelation other than Heraklion used and is the only known cover", ex-Lewis and Friend collections Catalog #1 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4207 CRETE Russian Administration 1899 cover used locally in Rethymno, franked with 1gr and 1m black, each tied by 2 July 99 pmks, repeated below, cover slightly reduced at bottom, with hinge remnant at lower right, fine and very rare, signed Spanos (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #32,34 Catalog Value $ 2,300 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4208 CRETE Russian Administration 1899 1m blue (with Stars at Sides), tied by Rethymno (11 July 99) cds on picture postcard to Ekaterinoslav, Russia, with Odessa (20 July). Postal Car No.221 (22 July) and Pokrovskoye arrival (23.VII.99) pmks, minor perf. toning, rare usage (Russian administration ended on 29 July) Catalog #35 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #4209 CRETE French Offices in Crete 1898-1903 five covers or cards from "Corps D'Occupation de Crete", stampless usages from La Canee and Sitia, others with French franking, used from Candia, San-Nicolo (5c stationery entire envelope to Paris, signed Calves), various pmks and endorsements, fine | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4210 CROATIA 1941 two registered covers, each mixed franking with unoverprinted Yugoslav stamps, used from Daruvar and Jezerane to Zagreb, fine-v.f., one with 1998 Wieneke opinion | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4211 CROATIA 1941-45 Postal History exhibit, 245+ covers or cards displayed on 168 pages, starting with a postcard mailed on 12 April 1941, the first day of issue of the "Independent State of Croatia" issue, mixed with unoverprinted Yugoslavia adhesive, cover from Dubrovnik to Zagreb, mailed 10 April 1941 (Independence Day of Croatian State), other examples of unoverprinted stamps of Yugoslavia on commercial mail from Stara Pazova, Crikvenica, Dubrovnik, manuscript overprints from Jelenje, Postire, handstamp overprints from Nova Gradisca, Dubrovnik, Zemun, Metkovic-Split, etc. There are registered covers with first issue provisionals used from Zagreb, Senj, Osijek, Kiseljak, Registered mail to Portugal, Trial Printing in black on 1d stationery card (one of only a few known), registered mail with unissued Armed Forces overprints, numerous mixed frankings, censored mail (various destinations and incoming mail), Cash frankings (two covers from Bosnjaci and Tesanji), Registered and commercially used covers franked with Commemoratives, souvenir sheets, Air Post, Postage Dues, Officials, numerous slogans and cachets, Propaganda postcards, Fieldpost cards, including Military Franchise stamps on cards sent by soldiers, mail from Croatian soldiers serving with the Germans, including SS units, Diplomatic Mail, Red Cross letters, including two cards from Italian POWs in Croatia, cards from Stara Gradisca and Jesenova Concentration Camps, Local Issues from Sibenik and Split used on covers, and much more. A scholarly presentation, some certificates included, many extremely rare items. An important collection of WWII Croatian postal history | Price Realized $15,000.00 |
 | Lot #4212 CROATIA Semi-Postals 1944 (May) three covers with "Third Anniversary of Croatian Independence" franking, one with the imperf. set of three, registered to Bohemia & Moravia, others with Francetic 12.50+287.50Kn perforated single on censored cover from Osijek to Germany, plus imperf. trial color proof in dark green on registered cover from Novi Cice to Zagreb, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #4213 CROATIA Naval and Maritime Mail 1941 Fieldpost card from No.23713, assigned to the Croatian Navy Division on the Sea of Azov, sent to Kutjevo, also a cover from Fieldpost No.52705, this from the Croatian Torpedo Boat Flotilla on the Black Sea, sent via "M.P.A" (Marine Post Office) to Vienna, rare pair of Croatian Naval mail from the Eastern Front, the former with 1991 Zrinjscak certificate ("fieldpost from Croatian Legion on the Eastern Front is very rare") | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4214 CROATIA Military Mail 1942 (15 Aug) military letter sheet to Zagreb sent by a member of the Croatian Legion attached to the Italian Army, various censor marks, endorsed on back "Legione Croata 88", fine. Mail from Croatians serving with the Italian Troops is exceedingly scarce | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4215 CROATIA Military Mail 1944 (25 May) special Anti-Soviet propaganda lettersheet, sent by a member of the Croatian Battalion in Stockerau, addressed to Osijek, censored in Vienna, with arrival pmk, roughly opened with some resulting tears, still fine, one of very few recorded, with 1999 Wieneke certificate | Unsold |
 | Lot #4216 CROATIA Local Issues - Banja Luka 1941 overprinted "Slobodna Bosanska Hrvatska" 1d, 2d set of two, tied by Banjka Luka (21.VI.41) cds on cover locally addressed to Maj.Gen. Dippold, the German commander in Banja Luka, some toning, cover missing backflap, filing fold away from the stamps, pencil signed (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Mi.1-2 Catalog Value €1,800 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4217 CROATIA Local Issues - Banja Luka 1941 overprinted "Slobodna Bosanska Hrvatska" 1d, 2d blocks of four, tied by Banjka Luka (13.VI.41) cds on registered cover to Zagreb, v.f., with arrival pmk, 1964 Marjanovic certificate (catalogued as used singles off cover) Catalog #Mi.1-2 Catalog Value €7,200 | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #4218 CROATIA Local Issues - Dalmatia (Sibenik) 1943-44 two covers, one registered from Curzola to Konjevrate, franked with four surcharged Yugoslav stamps, tied by "Curzola Poste Dalmazia" departure cds, "Commandatur Curzola" and "Geprueft" censor markings, repeated on back, with arrival pmk, Raybaudi certificate. The second cover is franked with four Yugoslav stamps overprinted "Hvar", surcharged with new value, used in combination with Croatian 20kn adhesive, all canceled by Hvar (6.V.44) departure pmks, with "Cognorata Zara" arrival pmk on back, with 1968 Chiavarello certificate | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4219 CROATIA Local Issues - Dalmatia (Sibenik) Postal Stationery 1943-44 handstamped "Nezavisna Drzrva Hrvatska" and "N.D.H." on Italian stationery cards, 75c unused, 30c used from Sibenik, fine-v.f., the former with Ercegovic certificate, rare (Filigrano 1,3, €1,400) | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4220 CROATIA Local Issues - Dalmatia (Sibenik) Postal Stationery 1944 overprinted "Nezavisna Drzrva Hrvatska" and surcharged "Kn 1 Ratni Doprinos" on Italian 30c stationery cards (1), one used from Sibenik to Zagreb, the other upgraded with additional franking for Special Delivery service, fine and rare, the former signed Raybaudi (Filigrano 4, €1,800) | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #4221 CROATIA Local Issues - Medimurje 1941 locally overprinted "Drzava Hrvatska Medimurje", seven stamps used on two covers from Cakovec to Zagreb, fine-v.f., with 1980 Ercegovic certificate | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #4222 EGYPT Turkish Occupation 1915 piece franked with 2pa and 4pa Ottoman adhesives, tied by bilingual "Ibin" 26.5.15 pmks, fine (Ibin was the only other Post Office to operate in the Sinai) O | Unsold |
 | Lot #4223 EGYPT Turkish Occupation 1915 picture postcard from Aleppo to El-Arish, franked with 10pa and 20pa Ottoman pictorials, tied by departure and arrival pmks, fine, uncommon usage, signed Nakri. Only a few examples of the bilingual El-Arish pmk have been recorded on cover (one of the first objectives of the Turks was to take El-Arish, the principal town in the Sinai. This was accomplished at the end of October 1914 and El-Arish remained in Ottoman control until early 1916, when the Egyptian Expeditionary Force was able to clear the Sinai Peninsula) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4224 EGYPT Turkish Occupation 1915-16 Sinai Campaign, selection of 13 different postmarks on pieces, including Asludj, Bir ul Abid, Birin, Daika, Wadi Sherif, Wardi, etc., all identified and neatly displayed on exhibit page, fine O | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4225 EPIRUS 1914 (21 Feb) registered cover from Chimarra to Athens, franked on front with 5L and 10L and on reverse with 25L Double Headed Eagle, Skull and Crossbones, each with appropriate "SP" control marks, violet seal and arrival pmk (7 Mar 14) on back, fine and rare genuine Chimarra issue on cover Catalog #2-4 | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #4226 ESTONIA Military Mail 1919 selection on exhibit pages, with six Field Postcards, various unit markings and destinations, also two covers from "American Relief Organizations", sent from Tallinn in 1921, fine | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4227 ESTONIA Military Mail 1918 selection of five covers or cards, including "Feldpost" usage from Narva to Berlin, with "Stadhauptmann Narva Briefestempel" handstamp, card with "Kaiserliche Marine Reval" mark. Also two registered covers from Narva and Reval, plus a newspaper wrapper with single 3pf Ob Ost surcharge, used from Dorpat to Wenden | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4228 ESTONIA Military Mail 1918 registered cover to Germany, franked with 2x20pfg on 10k dark blue, tied by "Dorpat" single line handstamp, used in combination with Postgebiet Ob.Ost 15pf Germania, tied by Riga departure cds, with framed "Gepruft" censor handstamp and signed in red ink, additional "R" in circle. Also included is another cover from the same correspondence, franked with 40pfg on 20k blue & carmine, plus a 20pf on 5k stationery card, fine and scarce properly used and correctly franked Dorpat covers and postal stationery Catalog #N1-2 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #4229 ETHIOPIA 1936 (3 June) registered cover from Addis Abeba to Asmara franked with Eritrea adhesives with unofficial "Italia Addis Abeba" handstamps, also an unused propaganda card showing Italian troops entering the city | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4230 FRANCE World War I 1916-18 collection of 33 covers or cards displayed on exhibit pages, showing German and Bavarian stamps used in Lile and St. Quentin, Belgian overprinted stamps used in Aubrives, POW cover sent from Fumay to Bavaria, Fieldpost cover from Givet to Wittenberg, covers from Haybes, Maubeuge and Vireaux-Molhain (rare), others from locations in the occupied pars of Provinces of Aisne, Ardennes and Nord, Fieldpost markings from Maubeunge, Roubaix, Valenciennes, Thiaucourt and others. In addition, there is a good selection of used Postal Stationery cards, as well as overprinted stamps on cover. A fine collection | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4231 FRANCE World War I Local Issues 1914 cover franked with 10c vermilion, used from Valenciennes, 10 Oct 1914 departure datestamp, oval Chamber of Commerce cancel, Mayor of Valenciennes and "Etappen Commandatur" handstamps, filing fold away from the stamp, fine Catalog #2L1 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4232 FRANCE French Offices in China - Kwangchowan Military Mail 1900-08 selection of eight covers or cards on exhibit pages, with military and naval cachets, used from Haiphong, Quang Tscheou, Port Bayard, Kouan-Tscheu-Wan, including a registered cover to Hong Kong, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #4233 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China 1900 (24 Dec) "Corps Expeditionnaire du Petchili" cover to Saigon, with Tresor et Postes 5 departure and "Corps Exped. Tonkin Ligne 1" transit, Saigon Cochinchine (3 Jan 01) arrival pmk on back, Le Colonel Commandant censor cachet and signature, fine usage from the North Chihli Province, where the Boxer forces provided the greatest threat | Unsold |
 | Lot #4234 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China 1900-03 six covers or cards, with Tresor et Postes 1,2,5,6,7 markings, also stampless letter endorsed "Corps d'Occupation de Chine", sent from Tientsin to Chamberry, others "Corps Expedit.re de Chine Regiment de marche de Zouaves", with cds "Corps exp. Tonkin Ligne N.7" transit cds, plus others, mostly fine | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4235 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China 1901 (11 Feb) "Corps Expeditionnaire de Chine" official cover to the French Legation in Tokyo, canceled "Tresor et Postes Aux Armees 5 Chine", with arrival pmk, cover wear, otherwise fine. FPO No.5 was open in Tientsin from October 1900 to May 1902. This cover was not entitled to free franking, but postage due was not charged by the Japanese postal authorities | Unsold |
 | Lot #4236 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China 1901 (5 Jan) "Chine-Armee Internationale Corps Francais" patriotic cover to France, with Tresor et Postes 5 departure and "Corps Exped. Tonkin Ligne 2" transit cds alongside, filing fold, otherwise v.f., scarce French Forces in China printed stationery entire envelope | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4237 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China 1901 (29 May) "Division Navale d'Extreme Orient" cover to France, with "Corr.D.Armee Shanghai" departure pmk at right, faint violet "Service de la Mer" cachet, transit and arrival pmks on back. (Shanghai, far removed from the turmoil in North China did not have a field post office. Mail sent by French soldiers was marked with a "Military Correspondence" pmk to indicate acceptance of free letters) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4238 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China 1901 (4 June) native cover (opened for display), registered to Reims, franked with 5c, 10c ("Chine" overprint) and 25c Type Sage, tied by "Tresor et Postes 2" cds markings, with arrival (22 July) on back, fine cover (Tresor et Postes No.2 was open in Paotingfu from October 1900 to mid-1901) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4239 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China 1928-34 six covers or cards, with "Troupes de l'indochine/detachment de Changhai" and "Detachement Francais de Changhai" markings, "Infanterie Coloniale Detachment Pekin Chine" cover sent "Via Siberia" through the Chinese Post Office, another "Yokohama a Marseille No.5" on French steamer to Paris, cover with "Base de Shanghai" and "Marine Francaise Service a Le Mer" cachets, another from Cruiser "Primauguet" with French Naval Forces in the Far East markings, fine | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #4240 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China Naval and Maritime Mail 1900-01 card and cover to France, each with "Marine Francaise Service a la Mer" markings, the latter sent from Shanghai, with military correspondence pmk to indicate acceptance of free letters | Price Realized $150.00 |
| Lot #4241 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China Naval and Maritime Mail NO LOT | Unsold | |
 | Lot #4242 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - Thailand 1893 cover to Grenoble, endorsed "Corps Expeditionnaire du Siam", franked with 15c Indo-Chine, canceled on arrival at base post office, some toning, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4243 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - Thailand 1894 (28 Jan) cover endorsed "Chantaboun Occupation Detachment", addressed to Chief of Colonial Services in Paris, showing "Saigon Cochinch. Corps Exped." departure cds, with "Corps Exp.Tonkin" (10 Feb) transit and handstamp of the senior postal official, arrival markings on back, fine (Chantabun was occupied in 1893 by a French force of four hundred men, a step taken by France as a guarantee for the execution by Siam of undertakings entered into by the treaty of that year. The occupation, which was merely military and did not affect the civil government, lasted until January 1905, when, in accordance with the provisions of the Franco-Siamese treaty of 1904, the garrison of occupation was withdrawn) | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4244 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - Thailand 1896-1904 four covers or cards to France, including mourning envelope with "Corps d'occupation de Chantaboun" handstamp, others with "Detachement du Siam" and "Poste de Pak-Nam/Siam" markings, mixed condition, all neatly described on exhibit pages | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4245 FRENCH COLONIES French Forces in the Turkish Empire 1915-21 collection of 24 covers or cards, showing French Forces in Dardanelles, including registered and fieldpost covers, Allied Forces in Turkey in Europe/Base of Constantinople cachets, Tresor et Postes 502, established at the HQ of the Allied Orient Army, cover franked with overprinted and unoverprinted French stamps, censor markings, Fieldpost cards, Air Mail service "Armee Alliees en Orient Poste Aerienne" covers to France, with special cachets, Naval Mail, including maritime hospital cachets, French fieldpost in Western Anatolia, etc. | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4246 FRENCH COLONIES French Occupation of Castellorizo 1916-21 "Occupation Francaise", four covers, one with Greek 50L, another with French Levant 1pi franking, canceled by distinct Naval cachets, two others franked with six different "O.F. Castellorizo" overprints, tied by framed departure datestamps, delivered by the gunboat "Malicieuse" to Cilicia, Censor label, various endorsements, mixed condition, fine (the French Navy led by the cruiser "Jeanne d'Arc" occupied Castelorizzo in 1915 and held it until 1921, when in the "Treaty of Sevres", the island was assigned to Italy) | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4247 FRENCH COLONIES French Occupation of Cilicia 1919-23 collection of 15 covers or cards on exhibit pages, including "Territoires Ennemis Occupes Zone Nord (Cilicie)" corner card cachet sent by an adjutant to the French Governor of Adana, using Tresor et Postes 600A, covers with Ottoman stamps handstamped "Cilicie", registered, censored cover to Cairo, Parcel Address card from Adana to Caesarea, covers and cards from Mersine and Tarsus, "T.E.O." Cilicie overprinted stamps, Registered cover from Tarsus to USA, with small oval "Censure Tarsus" handstamp, "O.M.F." overprints, Official mail, including 1923 cover with Turkish franking, another with a red "Mission Francaise en Cilicie" cachet, sent to Scutari, Albania (unusual destination), fine and interesting collection | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4248 FRENCH COLONIES French Occupation of Ile Rouad 1916-20 selection of six registered covers, various frankings and destinations, showing use of standard Levant issues, overprinted "Ile Rouad", high values, censored mail, provisional Registry markings, etc. | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4249 GERMANY Semi-Postals 1945 NSKK/NSFK prepared but unissued set of two rose red, perforated and affixed on gray card together with the SS-SA set, v.f., card numbered "I", with closed tear at bottom, signed Buhler. A great rarity from Germany (The two unissued stamps were planned for May 1945 and were printed at the government printing offices in Vienna, but they were never delivered to the postal service in Berlin, due to the collapse and surrender of the German Third Reich. The stamps were to have commemorated the Motor Corps (NSKK) and the Flying Corps (NSFK). Some of these stamps were discovered by Allied forces in Vienna after the end of World War II and were destroyed. A few cartons did escape destruction, probably via the pockets of Allied soldiers returning home after the war, and they are certainly prized philatelic rarities today) P Catalog #Mi.VK Catalog Value €80,000 | Price Realized $29,000.00 |
 | Lot #4250 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Morocco Ship Mail 1891-98 Exhibit page with two postal cards, one with "Aus Westafrika" "Shiffsbrief", the other "Aus Wes Africa mit Hamburger Dampfer" markings, the former with manuscript "Mogador" origination and postmarked on arrival in Hamburg, fine | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #4251 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire 1875 (3 Dec) cover to Marseille, franked with 2x20pf and 25pf, tied by "Deutsche Post Constantinople" cds, minor cover faults, with transit and arrival pmks, signed Bothe | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4252 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China Military Mail 1900-02 collection of 28 covers or cards neatly displayed on 14 exhibit pages, showing side markings, including "Deutsches Lager Shanghai", "Postdienst Langfang", violet "I. Ostasasiat Infantere Regiment II Bataillon" handstamps, two-line "Garrison Verwaltungs Commission Yangtsun", "Deutsche Abteilung der Internat. Polizei", Naval Hospital Yokohama special datestamp, also a fieldpost letter from Tsingau (9.II.00) addressed to German Hospital Yokohama, provisional "Tschoutsun", including a registered cover "via Suez" to Wiesbaden, registered covers from Tianfu, Swatau, "Shanghai-Tientsin" Seepost, Fieldpost forerunner cancels, registered cover "K.D.Feldpostexped.des Osiatischen Expeditionscorps", Feldpost station No.2 (sent by Graf. Feldmarshall von Waldersee, the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in China), No.3 (Yangtsun), No.4 (Tongku), No.5 (Tientsin), No.6 (Fuping), No.7 (Paotingfu), No.8 (Shanhaikuan), No.9 (Peithaho), No.10 (Kaiping), "Peking Kaiserpalast", "Taku-Sudfort", "Kaiserlich Deutsche Bahnpost Peking-Taku", etc. A superb presentation, with many scarce items | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #4253 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Albania 1943 Issue, two registered covers franked with 14 different surcharges (the complete set), used locally in Tirana, scattered toning, otherwise fine-v.f. Catalog #Mi.1-14 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4254 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Albania 1944 (16 Aug) registered cover from Tirana to Milan, franked with single 5q and vertical pair of 25q, opened and resealed by German military censors, with (11.Sep) arrival pmk on back, Registry label partly torn-off, cover tears at bottom, rare commercial usage Catalog #Mi.4,7 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #4255 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Albania 1943 (12 Nov) registered cover used locally in Tirana, franked with 3fr and 25q, with "Express" and Registry labels, backstamped on arrival, v.f. Catalog #Mi.13,14 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4256 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Albania Semi-Postals 1944 complete set of seven, used on FDC from Tirana (22.9.44) to Germany, opened and resealed by censor, with Wuppertal (29.9.44) arrival pmk on back Catalog #Mi.15-21 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #4257 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Albania Postal Stationery 1944 10q stationery card to Zurich, upfranked with 15q and 30q adhesives, tied by Tirana 25.4.44 departure cds, Registry label alongside, censored, arrival Zurich (9.V.44), fine and rare usage (catalogue value for used card only) Catalog #Mi.P2 Catalog Value €1,750 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #4258 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Albania Postal Stationery 1944 5q stationery card to Sarajevo, canceled "Prizren" (12.4.44), additionally franked with 11 different surcharges and three postage dues on reverse, fine and scarce usage from present day Kosovo, with arrival pmk (15.IV.44) Catalog #Mi.P1 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4259 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Albania Postal Stationery 1944 10q double stationery reply card to Struga, inquiry portion upfranked with 65q adhesive, canceled Tirana (27.8.44), minor corner wrinkle, fine and rare usage from present-day Macedonia, with 1996 Krischke certificate Catalog #Mi.P6 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4260 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Brac 1944 Brac overprints and surcharges on stamps of Yugoslavia, the complete set of six, tied by Nerezisce 15.V.44 cds on cover addressed to Ljubuski, Herzegovina, filing folds between stamps, backflap mostly missing, fine cover, signed Ludin, with his 1969 certificate. A rarity (Nerezisca is a village and a municipality on the island of Brac in Croatia) Catalog #Mi.I-VI Catalog Value €4,000 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #4261 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Denmark 1941-45 selection of 6 covers or cards, including "Reichs Representive in Denmark" official cover sent by diplomatic pouch to Berlin, cover with Naval Quartermaster's Payment office cachet; cover from the German Police, with the complete cachet, sent through Danish Post Office, covers with Danish National Socialist Party labels and cachets | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4262 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France 1941-45 collection of 23 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing various markings from German re-annexed Alsace-Lorraine, mail from Vichy France, one with "Delegation Generale du Gouvernement Francais dans les Territoires Occupes", mail from Alpes Maritime, censored mail, registered covers from St. Nazaire, including two stationery entire envelopes "ILOT de St-Nazaire", others with 40c and 2fr Ship franking, plus two covers from Dunkerque, with type II handstamps, fine and representative collection of German Occupied France | Unsold |
 | Lot #4263 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Dunkirk 1940 25c green, vertical pair overprinted Type I, used with unoverprinted pair of 25c on cover from Ghyveide to Dunkirk, with arrival pmk on back, signed Pierre Mayer and Krischke, Catalog #Mi.11/I Catalog Value €1,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4264 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Dunkirk 1940 25c green, upper right sheet corner margin block of four, overprinted Type I (inverted) in the middle, used on cover from Ghyveide to Dunkirk, with arrival pmk on back, signed Roumet, Tust, etc., Catalog #Mi.11/IK Catalog Value €1,200 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4265 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Dunkirk 1940 25c green, block of four, overprinted Type I (catalogued as two vertical pairs), used on cover from Dunkirk to Bergues, with arrival pmk on back, fine, Catalog #Mi.11/IK Catalog Value €1,700 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4266 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Dunkirk 1940 50c rose, vertical and horizontal pairs, each overprinted Type I, used on covers from Dunkirk to Arneke and from Saint Paul sur Mer to Dunkirk, with arrival pmks, one with small marginal tear, otherwise fine-v.f. variety "Besetztes Gebiet Nord Frankreich" split to sides, used on cover from Zeggers-Cappel to Vichy, fine and unusual variety on cover (catalogued as the normal stamp on cover) Catalog #Mi.2 I Catalog Value €1,600 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #4267 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Dunkirk 1940 1fr green, overprinted Type I, variety "Besetztes Gebiet Nord frankreich" split to sides, used on cover from Zeggers-Cappel to Vichy, fine and unusual variety on cover (catalogued as the normal stamp on cover) Catalog #Mi.20/I,var Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4268 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 Mercury Head, 10c ultramarine, 30c red, 40c gray violet and 50c greenish blue, four different, each canceled on piece by "Festung Lorient Zensur 10 Marz 1945" datestamp, pencil signed on back, minor perf. toning, otherwise fine-v.f., O Catalog #Mi.1-4 Catalog Value €3,700 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4269 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 30c red used on 1.20fr Petain stationery card, both overprinted "Festung Lorient", canceled by violet Censor cachet, 20 Apr 1945 datestamp, addressed to St. Nazaire, with La Baule (4.5.45) arrival cds alongside, message on reverse completely obliterated by violet ink (censor), v.f., rare usage from German held Lorient Fortress, signed Pickenpack, also Tust, with his 1990 certificate (this card is illustrated in Michel "Ganzachen Deutschland" 2021-22 edition) (catalogue value for Mi.P2 only) Catalog #Mi.2, P2 Catalog Value €2,500 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4270 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 (22 Apr) cover franked with single 50c Mercury, used with unoverprinted strip of three, tied by Le Palais Morbihan cds to La Baule, with censor markings on both sides, backstamped on arrival (30.4.45), addressee's name blacked out, some tape reinforcements at top, fine, signed Pickenpack, with his 1964 certificate ("with additional franking very rare"), Catalog #Mi.4 Catalog Value €1,000 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4271 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 Petain, 60c violet, 70c orange and 80c green, three different, each canceled on piece by "Festung Lorient Zensur" 10 Marz 1945 datestamp, pencil signed on back, first one with faint toning away from the stamp, fine-v.f., O Catalog #Mi.5-7 Catalog Value €4,200 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4272 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 Petain, 1fr rose, 1.20fr red brown, two different, each canceled on piece by "Festung Lorient Zensur" 10 Marz 1945 datestamp, pencil signed on back, minor perf. toning, otherwise v.f., O Catalog #Mi.8,9 Catalog Value €3,100 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4273 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 Petain, 1,50fr red brown, 2fr green, 4fr ultramarine, three different, each canceled on piece by "Festung Lorient Zensur" 10 Marz 1945 datestamp, pencil signed on back, minor perf. toning, otherwise v.f., O Catalog #Mi.10-12 Catalog Value €4,000 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4274 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 1.50fr Petain overprinted "Festung Lorient", canceled by violet Censor cachet, 5 Feb 1945 datestamp, addressed to La Baule (St. Nazaire), filing fold away from the stamp, v.f., Catalog #Mi.10 Catalog Value €1,000 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #4275 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 Coat of Arms (Flanders), 5fr black & orange, canceled on piece by "Festung Lorient Zensur" 10 Marz 1945 datestamp, pencil signed on back, minor toning, otherwise v.f., only 75 printed, O Catalog #Mi.14 Catalog Value €6,000 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4276 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 5fr gray black (AMG stamp for France Arch of Triumph) overprinted "Festung Lorient", canceled by "Le Palais Morbihan" (5.3.45), with a violet Censor cachet, 13 Mar 1945 datestamp, addressed to La Baule (St. Nazaire), with arrival pmk (19.3.45) on back, v.f., signed Roger North, Pickenpack and Tust, with their 1974 and 1981 certificates. Only 30 (!) stamps overprinted, extremely rare on cover, Catalog #Mi.15 Catalog Value €16,000 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #4277 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 2fr+4fr carmine brown (Colbert), stamp and sheet margin overprinted "Festung Lorient", tied by violet Censor 20 Apr 1945 datestamp, addressed to La Baule (St. Nazaire), with arrival pmk (30.4.45), taxed "T", red "Republique Francaise 1.oo" charged, v.f., signed Tust. Only 15 (!) stamps overprinted, extremely rare on cover, Catalog #Mi.20 Catalog Value €14,000 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #4278 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 4fr ultramarine (AMG stamp for France Arch of Triumph), canceled on piece by "Festung Lorient Zensur" 10 Marz 1945 datestamp, fine and rare stamp, only 25 (!) issued, signed Tust, BPP, O Catalog #Mi.A12 Catalog Value €12,000 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #4279 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 10fr orange (AMG stamp for France Arch of Triumph) overprinted "Festung Lorient", canceled on piece by a violet Censor cachet, 10 Mar 1945 datestamp, faint toning, otherwise fine, signed Dr.Schmitt, also Tust, with his 1990 certificate. Only 4 (!) stamps overprinted, O Catalog #Mi.A15 Catalog Value €20,000 | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
 | Lot #4280 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 1.20fr+2.80fr gray black (Pascal), sheet margin example, used together with 80c Petain, each overprinted "Festung Lorient", on cover to La Baule (St.Nazaire), stamps tied by violet Censor and 20 Apr 1945 datestamps, with arrival pmk (30.4.45), taxed "T", red "Republique Francaise 1.oo" charged, v.f., signed Tust. A rarity, only 15 (!) stamps overprinted, extremely rare on cover, Catalog #Mi.A17 Catalog Value €14,000 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #4281 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 Petain, 4.50fr green, two different, each canceled on piece by "Festung Lorient Zensur" 19 Marz 1945 and 10 Marz 1945 datestamps, the former with red overprint, pencil signed on back, faint toning away from the stamps, v.f., rare, O Catalog #Mi.B12a,B13 Catalog Value €11,500 | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #4282 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES St. Nazaire 1940 cover franked with 1fr red, left sheet margin single, tied by a red "Best. Geb.Wesb." (swastikas on the sides) (Occupied Territory West) handstamp, addressed to a Dr.Helm, Dunkirk (O.T.-Revier), handstamped "Kurier Nr.120" and Fieldpost handstamp, with framed "Org. Todt" hs on back, v.f., rare cover, signed Beaudois, also Tust BPP, with his 1980 certificate (Organisation Todt (OT) was a civil and military engineering organization in Germany from 1933-45, named for its founder, Fritz Todt, an engineer and senior member of the Nazi Party. This conglomerate was responsible for a huge range of engineering projects in Germany and in occupied territories from France to the Soviet Union. The organization was notorious for using forced labor and from 1943, they administered all constructions of concentration camps). A rare cover, Mi. €13,000 | Price Realized $6,250.00 |
 | Lot #4283 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES St. Nazaire 1945 Ship, 50c and 1fr, imperforate "Chambre de Commerce de Saint-Nazaire" proof sheetlets on watermarked paper, fine-v.f., very rare, P Catalog #Mi.1Sb-2Sb II Catalog Value €12,000 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #4284 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of the Channel Islands 1940 with the Fall of France, German forces took St. Malo on 22 June and Britain decided that defending the islands was impracticable. Jersey was demilitarized, British troops withdrew, but on28th June, German aircraft machine-gunned the island and dropped bombs, killing ten civilians. On July 1st, a warplane dropped copies of a two-page letter to the "Chief of the Military and civil offices on Jersey (St. Hellier)", an ultimatum demanding that white flags be flown and white crosses be painted on the ground. An envelope addressed to the Governor of the Island of Jersey, with the ultimatum letter, signed by the Commanding General of the German Air Force in Normandy, rare historical document | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4285 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of the Channel Islands 1940 King George VI 1937 definitives, set of 13, also 1940 Centenary set of five, plus the so-called "Bigwood Essay", the complete set of 19, with the swastika stamped over the head of the King, n.h., mostly v.f. (1/2p with a tiny corner perf. irregularity), fine-v.f., with 1998 Michael Wieneke certificate (in July 1940, the German commandant for Jersey, ordered Messrs. Bigwoods, the official State printers to prepare a metal casting inscribed "Jersey 1940" and depicting a swastika. This device was used to overprint 60 copies each of the regular definitives 1/2p-1sh, 40 each of the Centenary stamps, except for the 1p value, which was unavailable. Bigwood overprinted a new 1p imperf. stamp ("the Bigwood essay") to fill in. The Bailiff of Jersey objected and the decision was eventually made not to issue the amended set, as it was feared that this would offend Jersey's inhabitants and make it more difficult for the German forces to prevail over them. Most of the prepared stamps were destroyed and only four (!) sets survived. One was purchased in auction for the Jersey Postal Museum in 1974, another is in the archives of the "Jersey Evening Post", leaving only two in private hands) ** | Price Realized $40,000.00 |
 | Lot #4286 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of the Channel Islands 1940-41 collection of 15 covers or cards, Guernsey, used locally, franked with unoverprinted British adhesives, bisected George V 2p orange, diagonal halves of 2d Centenary stamps, issued Coat of Arms stamps, Jersey Landscapes on registered covers, German Feldpost covers to France, those with German franking, violet "Bei der Feldpost Eingeliefert" handstamp, etc. | Unsold |
 | Lot #4287 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Kotor 1944 surcharges, complete set of six, used on locally addressed "Hercegnovi 10.II.44" cds, "Expres" label below, folded between stamps, fine-v.f., Catalog #Mi.1-6 Catalog Value €800 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4288 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Kotor 1944 (7 Aug) registered cover to Zagreb, franked with 1.50L on 50c violet (two singles and strip of three), tied by Kotor departure pmks, Registered label and censor markings "Platz Kommandatur Cattaro", another "Prufungstelle in Cattaro" and Zagreb arrival pmk on back, minor filing fold through one of the stamps, otherwise fine and rare Catalog #Mi.3 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4289 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Kotor 1944 unissued Pictorials, set of six, n.h., v.f., signed Sieger, ** Catalog #Mi.I-VI Catalog Value €5,400 | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #4290 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Kotor Postal Stationery 1944 Italian stationery cards 30c and 75c, overprinted and surcharged for Kotor, canceled "Baosic" and "Josica", v.f. (Michel unpriced used) Catalog #Mi.P1-2 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4291 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Laibach 1944 issue, the complete set of 12, used on registered, locally addressed Ljubljana cover, with 2.VIII.44 pmks, registry label, handstamped "Predano pri okenou" (handed at window) handstamp, v.f., with 1992 Krischke certificate ("this issue used is very rare") (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Mi.33-44 Catalog Value €6,000 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #4292 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Laibach Air Post 1944 Issue, complete set of eight used on registered, Special Delivery cover from Ljubljana to Switzerland, Laibach (12.VII.44) pmk on back, also military censor label and cachet, Luzerne (10.VIII.44) arrival, v.f., Catalog #Mi.21-28 Catalog Value €1,800 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #4293 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Laibach Postal Stationery 1944-45 four different Italian stationery cards and lettersheet, surcharged and overprinted in Laibach, used from Grosslupp, Laibach and Jeschza, one registered, fine and scarce group, Catalog #Mi.K1,P2II,3-4 Catalog Value €1,000 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4294 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Lithuania 1941 Vilnius overprints, complete set of nine, used on locally addressed Registered cover, with arrival pmk, v.f., signed Zierer, with his 1966 certificate, Catalog #Mi.10-18 Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4295 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Montenegro 1943 overprints, 25c-5L set of five, canceled by Cetinje 14.12.43 pmks on large, locally used registered cover, v.f., with 1986 Krischke certificate (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Mi.10-14 Catalog Value €3,000 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #4296 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Montenegro 1944 overprints, complete set of nine, canceled by Cetinje 26.V.44 pmks on locally used registered cover, v.f., with 1986 Krischke certificate ("genuine used, these stamps are rare") Catalog #Mi.20-28 Catalog Value €2,400 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #4297 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Norway 1941-45 selection of 11 covers, including "Der Reichskommissar fur die Besetzen Norwegischen-Gebiete Dienstelle Stavanger" (Reichs commissioner for occupied Norway in Stavanger) official cover sent free of charge, others from Bergen, Kristiansand, Narvik, Tromso, Drontheim and Oslo, including one with "Organisation Todt Einsatzgruppe Viking", censored mail to Denmark, cover with Norwegian Legion stamp, etc. A fine group displayed on exhibit pages | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #4298 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Russia - Pleskau 1941 20k on 1pf Hindenburg, red and black surcharges, used in combination with surcharges on 5k, 10k and 15k on 20k/20k stationery card, canceled 10.9.41 Pskov, addressed locally, minor tone spots, otherwise v.f., with 1993 Krischke certificate, Catalog #Mi.1a,b,4-6,P5 Catalog Value €1,970 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #4299 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Russia - Pleskau 1941 20k on 10k stationery card, additionally franked with 60k on 20k, 60k on 30k, tied by Pskov (27.9.41) pmks, Registered and addressed locally, v.f. Catalog #Mi.7,8 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4300 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Russia - Pleskau 1942 Red Cross imperforate souvenir sheet of four, canceled by Pskov 12.3.42 pmk on back of registered cover, addressed locally, minor wrinkles, v.f. (catalogued as the least expensive variety) Catalog #Mi.Block 2 Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4301 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Russia - Pleskau Postal Stationery 1941 10k red, 20k green, stationery cards overprinted PLESKAU in violet, canceled by Russian "Pskov" 7.8.41 pmks, addressed locally, v.f., rare | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4302 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia 1941 (1 May) cover used locally in Pancevo, franked with six Yugoslavia adhesives (1.50d King Peter II and five Postage Dues), each handstamped "Post Pantschowa" with swastika in violet, tied by bilingual "Panchevo/Pancevo" cds, v.f., signed Jbar, also Mirko Verner, with his 1974 certificate ("these handstamps were prepared in anticipation of the occupation by the German minority in Pancevo. Only 6 such covers have been recorded") | Unsold |
 | Lot #4303 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia 1941 (8 May) cover franked with single Yugoslavia 1.50d King Peter II, used together with horizontal pair of 0.25f handstamped with large "Post Pantschowa" in circle, all tied by bilingual "Panchevo/Pancevo" cds, addressed to Scervenka, cover mending on reverse, otherwise fine and rare usage of this provisional handstamp, with 1987 Novakovic certificate | Unsold |
 | Lot #4304 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia 1941 "Serbien" overprints, 0.25d-30d complete set of 15, used on four registered covers, mostly fine-v.f. (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Mi.1-15 Catalog Value €2,000 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4305 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia 1944 Prepared but not issued, 4d magenta (Obradovic) and 12d gray blue (Vuk Karadzic), imperforate (engraved) die proofs on wove paper, v.f. E | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #4306 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia Semi-Postals 1941 Semendria perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets used locally in Belgrade, each with additional "Serbien" definitives on registered, censored covers with 27.XI.41 departure pmks, backstamped the same day, some toning, otherwise fine and extremely rare, with 1998 Krischke certificates, Catalog #Mi.Block 1-2 Catalog Value €2,000 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #4307 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia Semi-Postals 1944 Prepared but not issued, imperforate sheetlet of 16, unused, printed without gum, v.f., rare,  (*)Catalog #Mi.I-IVB Catalog Value €16,000 | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #4308 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia Air Post 1941 "Serbien" overprints on Air Post stamps, 0.50d-50d complete set of 10, tied by bilingual Nish (30.VI.43) pmks on cover addressed to Germany, censor handstamps and label at left, v.f., Catalog #Mi.16-25 Catalog Value €4,500 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4309 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia Air Post 1941 "Serbien" overprints and surcharges on Air Post stamps, 1d-12d complete set of five, used on three registered covers locally addressed in Belgrade, with bilingual departure, Registry labels, censor markings and labels, v.f., with three parcel receipts, Krischke 1996 (photocopy) and 2000 certificates ("sehr selten") Catalog #Mi.26-30 Catalog Value €5,000 | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #4310 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia Postal Stationery 1944 2d green (Vuk Karadzic) stationery card canceled by bilingual "Sahile" (8 Aug 1944) cds, addressed to Baranda, with arrival (11 Aug) pmk alongside, violet censor handstamp, v.f., with 1995 Krstic certificate. A rare stationery card issued late in the war, with very limited use, Catalog #Mi.P6 Catalog Value €1,000 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4311 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Ukraine Postal Stationery 1943 5pf and 6pf reply card overprinted "Ukraine", the latte inquiry and reply portions of reply cards, used from Werchne-Dnjeprowsk, Luck, Rowno and Pinsk, rare, Catalog #Mi.P1,P3F,A Catalog Value €3,000 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4312 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Alexanderstadt 1942 1.50r on 30k dark blue, canceled 14.5.42 on window-envelope addressed to Berehove, straight-line Alexanderstadt departure handstamp, fine, Catalog #Mi. 7 III Catalog Value €1,200 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4313 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Sarny 1941 3.00 Krb black on gray, Type IV, position 18, used on registered cover from Dabrowica (11.11.41) to Sarny, with arrival pmk (12.11.41) on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and rare commercially used cover, with 1998 Krischke certificate, Catalog #Mi.6 Catalog Value €4,500 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #4314 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES South Ukraine 1944 Issue, the complete set of seven, plus additional shade (Dolinska), used on individual registered covers, registered, mostly in combination with Hitler stamps overprinted "Ukraine", paying proper 42pf rates to Brest-Litowsk, Nikolayev, one to Passau, paying 12pf rate, another without the Hitler stamps, each with "Deutsche Dienstpost Ukraine" markings, violet "Der Gebietskommisar" cachets for Kriwoj Rog, Nowo-Mirgorod, Kamenka, Golowanewsk, Cherson, Bobrinez and Dolinska, fine-v.f., extremely rare set on covers, with five 1993 Krischke certificates, Catalog #Mi.1-7 Catalog Value €12,500 | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #4315 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Luboml 1944 Issue, set of four, canceled on cover by violet "Der Gebietskommissar Luboml" and swastika handstamps, fine-v.f., Catalog #Mi.8-11 Catalog Value €900 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4316 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Wladimir-Wolynsk 1944 Issue, set of four, canceled on locally addressed cover by violet "Der Gebietskommissar Wladimir Wolynsk" and swastika handstamps, fine-v.f., Catalog #Mi.12-15 Catalog Value €900 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4317 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Gorochow 1944 12+28pf Map of the District, tied by "Der Gebietskommissar in Gorochow" handstamp on registered cover to Bialystok, used in combination with 12pf and 30pf Hitler stamps (the latter overprinted "Ukraine"), tied by Bialystok 3.7.44 pmks, with corresponding Registry label, tied by "Reichskommissar fur die Ukraine" datestamp applied on arrival, cover tears and folds away from the stamps, rare usage, signed Keiler. Only 192 stamps issued, few recorded on cover, Catalog #M9.16A Catalog Value €12,000 | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
 | Lot #4318 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Gorochow 1944 Issues, three different sets of four, used on three covers, two in combination with Hitler stamps overprinted "Ukraine", canceled "Brest Litowsk", fine-v.f., Catalog #Mi.17-28 Catalog Value €2,100 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
| Lot #4319 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Gorochow NO LOT | Unsold | |
 | Lot #4320 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zante 1943 registered cover from Zakynthos to Athens, franked with 25c green (red overprint) and strip of 3x50c violet (black overprint), tied by cds, Athens (18 Nov 1943) arrival pmk on back, minor cover tears and flaws, otherwise fine, rare usage, with 1957 BPA certificate Catalog #Mi.1,2 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4321 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zante 1943 10c brown, handstamped "ELLAS" in red and in black, unused, partly adhered on exhibit page, also Italian "Isole Jonie" stationery card, invalidated and franked with 25c green and 50c lilac, red and black handstamps of each, canceled "Zakynthos", fine *Catalog #Mi.I/I-II,1-2 I,II | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4322 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zante Postal Stationery 1943 30c Ionian Islands stationery card with "ELLAS" handstamp in black, unused, v.f., signed Ludin, etc. | Unsold |
 | Lot #4323 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zara 1943 three covers franked with a total of 23 different stamps, various types, one with "Besetzuag" error (2000 Carraro certificate), used locally, one with a Registry label, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4324 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zara 1943 large registered cover franked with 29 different stamps, 5c-10 Lire, with Propaganda stamps (50c 1-4), Air Post, Special Delivery overprinted Types I, II or III, canceled by Zara Succ.Barcagno 19.11.43 pmks, Registry label alongside, fine-v.f., each stamp signed (on the inside of the cover) by Krischke (catalogued as used) Catalog #1/31 Catalog Value €6,500 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #4325 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zara 1943 20c red, overprinted "Zara" between bars, n.h., v.f., signed, ** Catalog #Mi.I Catalog Value €7,000 | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #4326 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zara Postage Dues 1943 5c-5L mostly type I (5c, 50c and 2L type II), complete set of 11, tied on registered, locally addressed cover by "Zara Arrivi e Partenze" 17.10.43 pmks, with next day arrival pmk, some scattered tone spots, otherwise v.f., with 1995 Krischke certificate, Catalog #Mi.P1-11 Catalog Value €7,500 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #4327 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zara Postal Stationery 1943 30c brown, stationery postcard overprinted "Zara" (first type), additionally franked with four different stamps, tied by 11.12.43 pmks, addressed to Trieste, little hinge adhesions, fine | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4328 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zara Postal Stationery 1943 30c brown, stationery postcard overprinted "Zara" between bars, additionally franked with 2L Air Post, tied by departure pmks, addressed to Rome, v.f., signed Diena, etc., rare used, Catalog #Mi.P2 Catalog Value €2,500 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4329 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German WWII Fieldpost - Tunis 1945 Palm Tree adhesive, canceled on complete front of a parcel addressed to Berlin, endorsed "Feldpost" and used in combination with 20pf Hitler stamp, both tied by appropriate violet handstamp, with Fieldpost cancel alongside, signed Richter, rare (the so-called Africa Corps stamps permitted soldiers to send parcels home upon payment of 20pf postage), Catalog #Mi.5a Catalog Value €7,000 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #4330 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German WWII Fieldpost - U-Boat "Hela" 1945 cover franked with the U-Boat adhesive, canceled Feldpost 03.4.45, addressed to Hamburg, with violet "Briefstempel Offentliche Feldpost Nummer 18305 D", showing return address of "Feldw. Kurt Hinnrichs M/18 305 P Marinepoststampt Berlin", minor cover tears and folds, still fine and extremely rare usage (in early 1945, the German 31st Infantry Division was trapped on the Hel Peninsula, a heavily fortified 35-km long sand bar peninsula off of Gdansk, Poland. In March 1945, the Hela U-Boat stamp was printed by the Division's mapping unit, intended for use on mail transported by U-boats supplying the Germans. Since conventional naval traffic never ceased, the stampd were not used as intended, but are sometimes found used on surface mail), Catalog #Mi.13 Catalog Value €15,000 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #4331 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German WWII Fieldpost - Kuban 1943 (during the German retreat from the Caucasus, special permission stamps were issued allowing soldiers in the Kuban to mail one 1kg package per month upon payment of 20pf postage). A type III label, affixed together with 20pf Hitler stamp and tied by violet "Bei der Feldpost Eingeliefert" markings on a complete parcel front addressed to Gera, fine, extremely rare, Catalog #Mi.14 IIII Catalog Value €22,000 | Price Realized $6,500.00 |
 | Lot #4332 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German WWII Fieldpost - Crimea 1943 (During the German retreat from Crimea, special permission stamps were issued allowing soldiers in the Crimean Peninsula to mail parcels home upon payment of 20pf postage). A Type II perforated adhesive. affixed together with 20pf Hitler stamp, tied by boxed red "Bei der Feldpost Eingeliefert" handstamp on a complete parcel front addressed to Thale-Harz., fine, signed Pickenpack, Catalog #Mi.15 II Catalog Value €9,000 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #4333 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Propaganda - "V for "Viktoria" Campaign 1941-42 collection of 40+ covers or cards, mostly on exhibit pages, with extensive showing of labels and "V" motif slogan cancelations, including Feldpost usages, origins include Austria, Bohemia & Moravia, Poland, Norway, including a "V" label canceled on cover to Dresden, also Netherlands and Luxembourg, Belgium and Serbia, mixed condition, some rare items included (The "V for Viktoria" German campaign was in direct response to Churchill's "V for Victory" effort to boost the morale among the Allies as well as in the German occupied countries) | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #4334 GREAT BRITAIN Military Mail 1919 single frame (16 pages) exhibit entitled "The British Main Line Military Railway Post Office in Europe in 1919", showing 25 covers or cards (plus two photographs), all examples of mail from the British APOs transported by the BEF trains from soldiers in the Rhineland area of Germany, arriving in Boulogne, making stops at Duren, Namur, Charleroi, Valenciennes, Lille and Calais. There were Postal Markings involved, but many indicated "UP" or "DOWN" depending if the train was travelling East or West. A fine insight into this little known aspect of WWI British military Postal History | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4335 GREAT BRITAIN Channel Islands - Guernsey 1918 (2 Feb) picture postcard (Jersey Court House) to France, datelined "Guernsey Service Aerienne", with "Escadrille D'Aviation Maritime de Guernsey" cachet, v.f. (primarily for the purpose of anti-submarine warfare, the British authorities allowed the French to establish a Seaplane base on Guernsey. It was short lived and modest operation) | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4336 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in the Turkish Empire 1919-20 selection of 13 covers or cards on exhibit pages, various Field Post Office markings, including FPO 83, 84, 85, Army Post Office Y, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Field Post Office H.12, D.28, used from Bostanji, Galata, various censor markings, different destinations, fine and interesting group | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #4337 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in the Turkish Empire Military Mail 1920 (7 July) Army Post Office TPO1, "On Service Abroad" cover to England, roughly opened at top, fine. (To carry mail for British Occupation troops after the end of WWI, a traveling post office was placed in operation between Haidar-Pasha and Konia, later extended to Eskishehr and Afion Kirahissar, intended to serve scattered detachments and small parties of officers stationed in the hinterland of Western Anatolia) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4338 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in China Military Mail 1927-39 nine covers with British or Chinese franking, showing usage from Field Post Office 1, YMCA Shanghai Defense Force corner card cachet, Registered "Field P.O." label, with "1" inserted by hand, "A.P.O.1" and "Army P.O.1" Registry labels on covers used in 1928 and 1939 from China to Scotland, cover from "Accounting Officer Yangtse Flotilla" at the Royal Navy Office in Hankow, 1938 "Royal Naval Mail Office Shanghai" covers, etc., fine | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4339 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in China Military Mail 1928 Shanghai Defense Force, two postcards sent by members traveling on board "H.M.T. City of Marseilles" to China, one from Lata, the other from Suez, each with British franking canceled "Field Post Office 5" (Ted Proud listed as "not seen"), fine examples of "En Route Mail" | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4340 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Anatolia - Cilicia 1919 five covers, cards, parcel cards with E.E.F. franking, used from Adana, Mersine and Tarsus, used locally or to to Italy and USA, one with "Controle Postal Militaire Mersina/Cilicie" censor hs, mixed condition, scarce group of mail from Cilicia franked with E.E.F. stamps | Unsold |
 | Lot #4341 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Anatolia - Cilicia Military Mail 1919 (21 Feb) registered cover franked with seven different EEF stamps, tied by Army Post Office SZ50 cds, addressed to a Major Beaumont in Cairo, additional departure pmk on back, along with Field Post Office and Army Post Office SZ10 arrival markings, cover severed between stamps, restored, fine appearance. Examples from British Army Post Office SZ50 are very elusive, having been replaced by Indian FPOs early in 1919 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4342 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Anatolia - Cilicia Military Mail 1919 four covers or cards, showing Field Post Office markings, including FPO C13, FPO 310, FPO 7 and FPO 97, used to England or Egypt, one with British and I.E.F. franking, the latter registered and censored, fine | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4343 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Greece 1923 (16 Aug) cover to England, with "Ministry of Marine British Naval Mission Athens" corner cachet, four Greek adhesives tied by Athens departure pmks, violet Marine Ministry cachet at bottom, rare usage from a member of a British Naval Mission sent to aid the Greeks in their conflict with the Turks in Asia Minor | Unsold |
 | Lot #4344 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Greece Military Mail 1917 (23 Sep) cover from Imbros in the Aegean, sent through the British censor office on Lemnos to the addressee in Zaqaziq, Egypt, with 1d British stamp canceled by "Base APO Z" at Alexandria and turned over to the civilian post office there on the following day, with arrival pmk, minor cover flaws on back, very unusual usage | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4345 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Italy 1918-20 collection of 13 covers and cards neatly described on exhibit pages, variety of Army Post Office markings, including APO L.1,L.2, L.3 (servicing Arquata, Tortona and Genova), Naval Balloon Station (Brindisi), Naval Transport Office/Spezia, Genoa, Trieste, Venezia, Civitavecchia, also Field Post Office F.D.1, variety of censor cachets, British Red Cross Order of St. John, On Active Service, Naval Transport Office and other markings, splendid representation (at the time of the Armistice, the British Army had three divisions on the Italian Front. Most of those troops were demobilized, but some remained in Italy to complete various military activities) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4346 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Lebanon 1919 registered cover to Cairo, franked with the complete set of 11 EEF stamps, tied by Beyrouth departure cds, "R" and "Recommande" handstamps, British and French Censor markings, Cairo arrival pmk on back, attractive cover | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4347 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Lebanon 1919 two covers with EEF franking, one from Tripoli to USA, the other from Beyrouth, registered to Switzerland, each with French censor markings, some wrinkles, otherwise fine | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #4348 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Lebanon Military Mail 1918-19 five covers or cards from British forces operating in Lebanon, markings include "Field Post Office H21", "Army Post Office SZ8" (Beirut) and "Army Post Office SZ9" (Tripoli), including registered letter to Cairo, censor markings, all written-up on exhibit pages, fine and scarce group of British Military mail from Lebanon | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4349 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Romania 1919 (26 Sep) picture postcard (of the port), mailed from Galatz, endorsed "On Active Service" to London, sent by a seaman off "H.M.S. Senator", via Naval pouch to London, "Received from HM Ship No Charge to be Raised" handstamp | Unsold |
 | Lot #4350 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Romania 1919 cover and card, the latter inbound from Greece to a Lieutenant in the British Military Mission in Bucharest, with special negative seal, the former is a cover with the official cachet of the mission, bold "British Military Mission in Roumania" cachet, War Office and censor cachet, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4351 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ADEN Military Mail 1920 (1 Feb) free-frank cover to India, with bold F.P.O. No.330 pmk, fine and rare (because of the Arab uprising against the Turks in Hejaz, Yemen was not considered to be important enough to warrant attention of the Allies during the war. However, in 1919-20, a small contingent of Indian troops was there pending the selection of the new ruler) | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4352 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ADEN Military Mail 1920 (20 Oct) picture postcard from Hodeida to Scotland, short message "Don't know how long we will be here, will write soon", censored by officer at bottom, bold F.P.O. No.330 pmk, fine and very rare, only a few pieces of mail from this Field Post Office have been recorded, this one being the latest recorded date | Unsold |
 | Lot #4353 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ADEN Military Mail 1920 (15 Oct) large envelope endorsed "OFS" (On Field Service), addressed to London, with "FPO 324" dated pmk and violet "Orderly Room Yemen Infantry" hs alongside, filing folds and toning, otherwise fine. This is probably the only recorded military mail from the 1st Yemen Infantry (likely in Sanaa, which did not have its own field post office), sent through FPO 324, located at Sheikh Othman in the Aden Protectorate | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4354 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1900 (Apt 9) cover from Woolwich, England, addressed to a Private E. Lincoln, with Yukon Field Force Fort Selkirk, Yukon, Canada, faint arrival pmk "Pelly P.O." (which served Fort Selkirk), minor backflap tears, otherwise fine (The Yukon Field Force was a unit of 203 officers and men from the Permanent Force of the Canadian Militia that served in the Yukon between 1898 and 1900. The force was created in response to fears that the United States might attempt to seize the region in the wake of the Klondike Gold Rush) | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4355 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRAQ 1917 (12 May) cover (opened for display) sent from Aviation Company attached to the 6th Army at "Kut-Ul-Amarra", Red Cross cachet and Istanbul (8 June) arrival pmk on back, fine and rare | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #4356 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1900-18 Ottoman Administration, cover and nine pieces, written-up on two exhibit pages, showing pmks of Adjiloun, Amman (Salt), Kerek, Maan, Madia, Salt, Tafile and Mohan, representing all seven different locations in Transjordan, fine and extremely rare group O | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #4357 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1921 (June) registered cover to Switzerland, franked with four overprinted EEF stamps, tied by negative Amman pmks, with the very elusive Registry label below, Jerusalem transit and Bern arrival pmks on back | Unsold |
 | Lot #4358 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1921 (Jan) two covers from Salt to Jerusalem, one franked with 2pi olive, showing arrival pmk below, the other with three pairs of E.E.F. 1pi dark blue overprinted in silver, with arrival pmk on back, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4359 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN Military Mail 1918 (6 Sep) Ottoman 20pa stationery entire envelope additionally franked with pair of 20pa adhesives, tied by FPO 43 dated "6/9/1334" (Crescent & Star in the middle) cancel of the 8th Army Corps located at Salt, sent by an officer to the 53rd division, 163rd regiment, FPO 72 in the Jaffa area, backstamped on arrival, overall toning, signed Nakri, with his 1999 certificate ("This is the only recorded item with FPO 43 cancelation used from Jordan. A Postal History Gem from Jordan") | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4360 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN Military Mail 1918 (Sep) Ottoman free frank card to Beylerbey (Istanbul) sent by a soldier with the 4th Army, 146th Regiment, showing a negative handstamp of FPO 69, with FPO 43 transit and arrival (28 Sep) pmks, fine usage from El-Salt (located between Amman and the Jordan river. It was the only center of military activity in the area which subsequently became Transjordan. Military mail is very scarce, officers' mail had to be prepaid, enlisted men had free-frank privileges), signed Nakri, with his 1997 certificate ('This is the only recorded item with negative type field post office 69 seal. A Postal History Rarity from Jordan") | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4361 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN Military Mail 1918 (8 July) "On Active Service" cover to Cairo, with bold "FPO No.28" dated pmk, with censor cachet, backstamped on arrival 10.VII.18, fine. Indian FPO 28 was used for a few months at the Ghoraniyeh Bridgehead | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4362 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN Military Mail 1919 (14 Feb) "OS" cover to England, with bold "Field Post Office C.12" pmk, sent by a member of the 12th Cavalry Brigade, which operated in Daraa, located in the Jordan valley, about 30 miles east of the Sea of Galilee. This cover represents the only recorded example of the use of this marking (as the Allied troops moved to occupy former Ottoman territories in the Palestine area, a small detachment was ordered to advance into what became designated as Transjordan) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4363 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALTA Military Mail 1915-17 French Forces in Malta, selection of five covers or cards on exhibit pages, various cachets, including "Marine Nationale Centre de Ravitaillement de Malte", "1re Armee Navale Centre de Malte", Valetta cds, "Poste Navale/Medit.C" and others. (By the end of August 1914, the French fleet in Malta included 14 battleships, 6 armored cruisers, destroyers, and submarines. They patrolled the southern Adriatic Sea to prevent attacks by the Austrian Fleet) | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4364 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1919 (4 Apr) registered cover franked with set of 11 different E.E.F. stamps, canceled O.E.T.A.- E.E.F. Jerusalem and sent to England, opened by censor label and arrival pmks on back | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #4365 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1919-20 two covers, one "Jewish Legion" bilingual header, with Field Post Office SZ30 departure pmk, addressed to USA, the other "American Red Mogen David" corner card cachet, with E.E.F. franking, sent from Ramleh to Ludd, mixed condition | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4366 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1919-20 selection of 14 covers or cards written-up on exhibit pages, showing various markings, including "O.E.T.A. - E.E.F.", incoming cover to deputy military governor of Acre, with Haifa and OETA E.E.F. Acre arrival pmk (rare), military markings, registered mail to Egypt, another to India, American Red Cross outbound and incoming mail, registered covers with "Palestine" overprinted adhesives, printed matter (including "The Warschau-Polen Jewish Congregation Jerusalem" cover to USA), mixed condition | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4367 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE Military Mail 1917-18 British TPO in Palestine, Australian YMCA cover, endorsed "On Active Service", with large "PAL T.P.O." pmk (5 Sep 17), addressed to London, boxed "Passed by Base Censor E.E.F." handstamp and censor signed; also a registered cover with British 2p franking, tied by small "PAL T.P.O." (16 Nov 18) pmk, repeated alongside and again on reverse, triangular "Passed by Censor No.3759" hs, signed Nakri, fine (apparently considered to be the most elusive military marking from Palestine, only four examples recorded) | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #4368 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE Military Mail 1917-18 British TPO in Palestine, five covers or cards, showing "RAK T.P.O.", "LAK T.P.O." and "PAL" and "JAP T.P.O." markings, including a 2p Registration envelope with blank type registration label, both with F.P.O. D74 skeleton datestamps, used from Gaza to Alexandria, backstamped "RAK T.P.O", used on the Kantara to Rafa TPO route, others with censor markings, one to Cairo, mixed condition, fine lot | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4369 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH French Expeditionary Corps in Palestine 1917-19 collection of 22 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing usages from the French Detachment in Palestine during World War One, markings include "Tresor et Postes 601", Garrison Francaise de Jerusalem, registered cover with EEF franking to Limoges, "Palestine-Syrie" cachet on cover from Beirut, with "Tresor et Postes 600" cds, cachet of French Flying Corps, another with "9th Battalion of 2nd Algerian Sharpshooters", postcard from Jaffa with "Secteur 601A/D.F.P." with Jerusalem Cross cachet (previously unrecorded), Fieldpost marking of the French Military Telegraph Station at Khan Yunis (coverfront only), internal mail between French units, using EEF franking, one being a card from the French High Commissioner in Palestine, canceled by British Army Post Office SZ44 pmk, with British censor cachet, card endorsed "Legion Armenienne", showing Jerusalem Cross pmk, canceled "Tresor et Postes 601-B" (stated to be the rarest of all French FPO markings in Levant), also a cover with similar cancel addressed to Cairo, opened by censor, registered cover with oval "Detachement Francaise/Cooperative/Palestine" cachet, registered via Port Said to Cairo, British "Passed Censor 1" cachet, plus other markings, including elusive "Detachement Francaise de Palestine-Syrie" unit cachets from the Provost and Automobile Service units. A superb presentation, with many rarities | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #4370 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Italian Expeditionary Corps in Palestine Military Mail 1918 registered cover to Rome, with large red "Distaccamento Italiano di Palestine" military cachet, sent through the British Army Post Office SZ47, with Registry label and British 2p George V added to pay the fees, red Censor markings, also an Italian military card to Spezia, with appropriate cachets, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4371 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Italian Expeditionary Corps in Palestine Military Mail 1918 (8 Dec) cover sent from Damascus, with 5pi EEF franking, tied by bilingual departure pmk, addressed to Colonel Pesanti, Commandant of the Italian troops in Jaffa, "Passed by Censor No.10" and negative seal markings, Army Post Office SZ2 and SZ62 arrival cds on back, filing fold away from the stamp, some adhesion on back, still a fine and highly elusive usage to a very small Italian unit, known as Bertoni Group, attached to the British force which advanced from Palestine into Syria, signed Diena | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4372 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Italian Expeditionary Corps in Palestine Military Mail 1918 two registered covers to Italy, one sent free through the British Army Post Office SZ18, with Registry label and 29 Oct 18 departure pmks, with two red "Distaccamento Italiano di Palestina Carabinier Reali" military cachets, the other cover is franked with 2x1pi E.E.F. dark blue, tied by O.E.T.A - E.E.F. Jerusalem (27 Dec 18) pmks, with Registry label alongside, red "Guardia Italiana Gerusalemme" military cachet, British "Palestine Censorship" handstamp, numerous markings on back, including Field Post Office GM1, Army Post Office SZ32 and others, part of backflap missing and address panel partly restored, extremely rare usage, signed Nakri | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #4373 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Italian Expeditionary Corps in Palestine Military Mail 1919 picture postcard (Jerusalem) addressed to USA, with Italian and EEF franking, each canceled by smaller red "Distaccamento Italiano di Palestine" military cachet, boxed Censor handstamp, fine | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4374 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Italian Expeditionary Corps in Palestine Military Mail 1919-20 seven covers or cards, showing various military cachets, including "1a Campagnia Cacciatori Italiani di Palestina Comando" (1st Company of Italian Scouts in Palestine) and "Corpo Spedizione Militare Italiano-Palestina Comando", the latter in violet (stated to be one of only two recorded), Army Post Office SZ17 pmks with three different types of Censor markings used as both unit cachets and censor verification, "Distaccamento Italiano C.C.R.R. di Gerusalemme Comando" (Royal Italian Carabinieri Detachment in Jerusalem Headquarters) cachet on card to Italy, also "Corpo Spedizione Militare Italiano in Palestine" two line handstamp on card sent via Port Said to Naples | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #4375 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ZULULAND Military Mail 1906 (Mar-May) two "On Active Service" covers and postcard, one endorsed "Active Service Cpl. Whiteside 1st TMR ZFF" (1st Transvaal Mounted Rifles-Zululand Field Force), with Nkandhla datestamp, "2c" due marking overstruck with 5c (Hart type S5) applied at Durban, with London arrival; postcard canceled "Eshowe", endorsed "Fort Tollaced Zululand" and "No Stamps Available", censored and taxed on arrival; finally a cover to Natal, censored "Natal Carbineers", rare group of mail sent by members of the Zululand Field Force during Bambatha Rebellion. Also included are two picture postcards showing "Natal Native Rebellion prisoners in cage" (Chief Bambatha, with the support of other chiefs in the area, refused to accept a new tax that was being implemented by the colonial administration. Together with a small group of supporters, he launched a series of attacks against the British troops, using the Nkandla Forest as a base. The campaign, later known as the Bambatha Rebellion, culminated in a pitched battle against the colonial forces at Mome Gorge, where Bambatha and his followers were finally defeated. In general terms, the Rebellion was a response to the harsh policies that the Zulu population was subjected to by the colonial administration in Natal, as well as a number of other contributing factors) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4376 GREECE Turkish Administration 1900-12 single Frame exhibit (16+ pages), showing Ottoman administration over Southern Epirus, Southern Macedonia, various islands off the coast of Anatolia, etc. There are 38 covers and cards, good showing of Salonica, various markings, including "Salonique Dept. Militaire", "Avrat-Hissar", "Cavalla", "Daphne" (Echelle), "Drama", "Florina", "Guerebina", "Kara-Ferie", "Livadia", "Khourpechta", "Mont-Athos", "Ayion Oros", "Polygros", "Pursidjan", "Seres", "Tchotil", "Zilhova", "Aidonat", "Janina", "Zagoritz" (only recorded example on cover), "Thassos", "Chio", "Voliso", "Metelin", "Petra", "Samos", "Kariot", plus countless others on pieces, with many extremely rare pmks, truly a remarkable collection | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #4377 GREECE Greco-Turkish War 1897-98 four covers with Ottoman franking, used during the Greco-Turkish War, including Turkish Occupation of Thessaly covers from Pharsala and Larissa to Constantinople, the latter with negative registry seal in Arabic. In addition, there is the only recorded (!) cover with postage canceled by Ottoman negative seal of "Tirnova" (signed Nakri), with "Tournavos" bilingual pmk alongside, plus a cover from Volos, mixed condition, fine and very scarce group | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #4378 GREECE Dedeagatch 1913 two covers from the Bank of Salonique to Janina and Piraeus, one with single 40L, the other with 5L and 25L blue, each with control marks and tied by red "Dedeagatch" departure handstamps, Athens transits and arrival pmks, cover wear and some tape mending, fine and very scarce commercial usage, one signed Nakri, the other with 1988 Holcombe certificate | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4379 GREECE Thrace 1913 exhibit page with two postal stationery envelopes, showing Ottoman negative handstamps of "Dede-Agatche" and "Xanthy", also a small piece with two strikes of 10 para stamps with "Soufli" handstamp, as well as an unusual cover franked 1Pi+2Pi imperforate stamps tied by Ottoman "Gumuldjina" seals, sent to Salonica, where the Greek Post office refused to accept this postage and assessed 3dr Postage Due on arrival, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #4380 GREECE Thrace 1913 (Oct) cover (missing backflap and small portion excised from back) to Dedeagatch, franked with a block of four of 20pa on 2s (Upper right stamp missing "20para" surcharge), tied by negative "Giumurdjina" seals, rare usage | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #4381 GREECE Balkan Wars 1912 (16 Oct) cover from Kozana franked with a vertical strip of Greece 3x10L regular issue, tied by Ottoman bilingual cancels of "Kozana". (Town was liberated but the Greek cancelation did not arrive at the Post Office), with Greek military postmark of the 18th of October added alongside, fine | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #4382 GREECE French Forces in Greece 1915-19 selection of eleven covers or cards displayed on six Exhibit pages, showing variety of French Forces in Greece markings, including a cover with "Postes Navales/Medit.D", another from "Kapyai" with French boxed MONT-ATHOS censor handstamp, also "Yenidje Vardar", French Mission Athens for training of the Hellenic Army; "Tresor et Postes 502, 505, 506, 602", exceptionally rare "Thasos" French censor mark, Rhodes Military correspondence cachet, Naval base Seaplane Base Salonica ("Aviation Maritime Escadrille de Salonique", one of only three (!) examples recorded), Aegean Islands, etc. A superb assembly with unusual rarities | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4383 IRAN 1900-23 a single frame (16 pages) exhibit design to show postal markings in Persia, arranged alphabetically, 26 covers or cards, franked with stamps of India, used from Abadan to Bombay and Scotland, Money order receipts, one showing a special "Abadan Money Order" pmk, registered cover from Ahwaz to Canada, another to India, opened by censor, with Agra arrival, mail from Bandar-Abas, one incoming from Karachi, large "Opened by Censor" label, three covers from Bushire, used 1900-06 to Brussels, Hants and Zurich, plus two covers used 1914 and 1922, covers with "Chahbar Persian Gulf" departure cds, registered coverfront from Henjam, Jask Agency mail to India and Scotland, Linga Agency covers showing different types of pmks, cover from "Maidan-i-Naphtun" to USA, "Mohammerah" (today "Khorramshahr") pmks on cards and covers, also block of 6x2a tied by piece by squared-circle pmks. Finally, there are two covers from Seistan Arbitration Committee, one to Bombay another to London (Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission (1902-05), was tasked to Col. Henry McMahon who established a camp and a Field Post office No.4, disbanded after a satisfactory agreement was reached between the two countries). An interesting showing of the early British Postal Agencies in Persia ("The Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area" by Alan Parsons was credited as the reference source by Mr. Kugel) | Price Realized $6,250.00 |
 | Lot #4384 IRAN 1916-18 two covers with Shah Ahmad franking, one from Senneh, franked on back with 6ch franked on arrival in "Cherveh" (25.8.16), showing framed "Sansur Edilmistir" (has been censored) mark (with Nakri "Opinion Report" stating that this is "one of the rarest post cancelations used in the area during Turkish occupation"). The second cover was used in 1918 (Sep) from Bonab to Tauris, where stamps were added and tied by cds, small negative seal with star (censor mark) applied on front | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4385 IRAN 1917 (15 Feb) cover from Kermanshah to Hamadan, franked on back with Provisional Issue, 12 Chahis and 24 Chahis on 1k, tied by "Kermanchah No.1 15.II.17" and "Kermanchah No.1 (Depart) 15.II.17" pmks, censored by Turkish (rectangular box) and Persian (negative seal) authorities, fine and scarce cover (Persiphila $4,000) (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #586-587 Catalog Value $ 5,250 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4386 IRAN 1918-20 Censored Mail, collection of 18 covers or cards on exhibit pages, various frankings, showing variety of British Censor handstamps, including "Passed by British Military Censor", "Opened by Censor" labels, "Passed by Censor Norperforce", one on cover from Baku to Teheran, other Dunsterville's markings, such as "Censure Dunsterforce", "Dunsterforce/Censor Posts 101" on covers from Tauris, Recht, Jazvin, Ardebil, Teheran, Hamadan, also British Occupation markings, with a rare "Army Telegraphs KVN 6.XII.18" cds, marked "D.R.L.S. (Dispatch Rider Letter Service), FPO 110 and FPO 120, Russian Censorship on mail from Tauris, additionally censored by the British; cover from American Persian Relief Commission in Tauris, censored by "British North Persian Force", as well as cover from French Mountain Ambulance unit in Urmia, endorsed "Aux Armees du Caucase / F.M.", with cachets of the "Head of the French Mission" and "French Sanitary Mission in Russia/Mountain Ambulance Service", mixed condition, mostly fine or better. A definitive showing of British and Russian activity on Northern Persia post WWI | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4387 IRAN Consular Mail 1920 commercial cover (slightly reduced at right) sent from Baku, franked on back with 24ch Ahmad Shah, tied by a perfect struck violet "Postes Consulaires Persannes Bacou" handstamp, Enzeli arrival and various additional markings, fine and unusually nice Baku Consular mail (Persiphila A1, $2,000+) | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4388 IRAN Consular Mail 1923 commercial cover from Baku to Teheran, with violet "Postes Consulaires Persannes Bacou" handstamp on reverse, 1kr "Controle 1922" added in Enzeli and tied by 27.III.23 pmk, paying for further transmission, arriving Teheran 2.IV.23, fine Baku Consular mail (Persiphila A1, $2,000+) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4389 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1906-13 Exhibit page with four covers or cards from Jewish settlements in Sarona, Ramleh, Wilhelma and Rishon le Zion, sent via the German Post Office in Jaffa, with "Aus Sarona by Deutsche Post", "Aus Ramleh (Palestina)","Tempel-Kolonie Hamidide Wilhelma Deutsche Post Jaffa" and "Rishon Le Zion Bei Jaffa Durch Deutsche Post" markings, fine | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #4390 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1900 (16 June) cover to Constantinople, franked with single 2 1/2pi tied by Jaffa departure pmk, with bilingual Registry label alongside, backstamped "Yeni-Djami" on back, minor backflap faults, uncommon example of the Jaffa Registry label on cover, signed Nakri | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #4391 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1900 (9 May) picture postcard (Bethlehem) to Trieste, franked with 20pa magenta, tied by Ottoman Jaffa (shuk) pmk, addressed to Trieste, with arrival (22.X.00) at bottom | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4392 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1900-17 selection of 20 covers and cards on exhibit pages, with Jaffa and district markings, "Aloun-Cara" (Rishon le Zion), Petah-Tikvah, Rehoboth, "Led" (Ramle), "Remle", military mail from FPO 53 and FPO 61 (between Jaffa and Jerusalem), all-Arabic "Beersheba" cancel on cover sent by an officer to Istanbul, round negative seal of the unit marking (Cavalry 2nd machine Gum HQ) (stated to be one of only three examples recorded), Gaza to Jaffa cover, another with unusual marking on card to Turkey, money order from Hafir (one of only a few examples recorded on commercial mail), stationery card from "Khan-Younesse" to Rosh-Pinna near Saffed, different markings of Haifa, including a card to the German Post office in Constantinople, another with bilingual "Caiffa", also stamps on pieces showing pmks of "Beni-Saab", "Djenine", "Zamarin", inbound cover from Beirut to 16th Division Fieldpost Office (near Nablus), plus others. A fine and scarce group | Price Realized $16,000.00 |
 | Lot #4393 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1901 (30 Nov) 20pa stationery card sent from Ashkelon to Jaffa, with "Medjdil" departure cds (Steichele 38/02), v.f., signed Sorani and Nakri, with certificates from each ("very rare cancelation on card") | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #4394 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1906 "Hotel Belle Vue, Jericho, Palestine" cover to USA, franked with strip of 4x10pa green, tied by bilingual Jericho departure pmks, with a bold "Jaffa-Jerusalem" 14.2.1906, with Hotel handstamp, Saannah, Mo (Mar 11) arrival pmk on back, some cover mending, fine example of this rare TPO cancel, signed Nakri | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4395 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1914 (22 Mar) picture postcard to France, with 10pa Ottoman franking, canceled by violet "ERIHA" (Jerusalem) pmk (Coles 151), fine and very rare | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4396 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1916 (15 Oct) picture postcard (Jewish Colony Ness Zion) with Ottoman franking, tied by bilingual Jaffa pmks, sent to Sarajevo by a Lieut. Schreiber, member of the Austrian Military Mission serving as artillery instructor with the Turkish 4th Army, minor card wear, fine | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4397 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1918 (5 Feb) Ottoman stationery card franked with pair of Beni-Saab provisional handstamps, sent through the Field Post Office 46, with appropriate markings, fine | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #4398 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1918 (12 June) inbound FL to Tulkarm, Field Post Office 48 receiving pmk, red censor label affixed over the top edge (slit on opening), with negative seal of the Telegraph office inside, signed Nakri | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4399 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1918 (27 June) registered cover to Geneva, franked with single and strip of four of 20pa carmine, tied by bilingual "Tiberiade" departure cds, Registry box alongside (number inserted by hand), additionally endorsed "Recomande", transit markings of Beirut, Damascus, Istanbul, arriving in General on 22 August, 1918, also a red Ottoman letterseal, fine cover with unrecorded Registry mark | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4400 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire Military Mail 1917 (21 Nov) picture postcard (Dead Sea) franked with 2x10pa and single 20pa, tied by Field Post Office 68 pmks, located at "Lut Lake", sent to Jerusalem, minor creases, extremely rare origin | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #4401 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire Military Mail 1917 (24 Nov) free-frank "Feldpost" cover to Cospoli, from 62nd Regiment "Mesudiye" in the Holyland, with red censor handstamp, fine and rare cover, signed Nakri | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4402 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire Military Mail 1918 (20 July) Ottoman stationery card with markings of Field Post Office 46, used by the 8th Army, 22nd Division stationed at "EL-TINE", sent to Beirut, with censor handstamp at bottom, rare | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4403 ISRAEL French Consular Post in Jerusalem 1949 (31 Jan) cover franked with 20m on 6f, used in combination with regular French stamps on locally addressed, philatelically inspired cover, v.f. and attractive | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4404 ITALY Military Air Post 1919 (13 July) cover franked with specially produced "Missione de Vienna" label, used with ordinary franking 5c and 2x10c, canceled Posta Militare 124, with two "Campo d'Aviazione Aspern" handstamps, addressed to Teramo, with "Comando Supremo" and Censor handstamp, sender's address is noted as "Italian Armistice Commission Caproni Aspern Field, Vienna, Austria", minor cover flaws, otherwise fine. Only 42 copies of this label were issued, few recorded on cover | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #4405 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1920 5c green, 10c red brown, overprinted diagonally "Shanghai", tied on "Astor Hotel Shanghai" (backflap) cover by "R.R. Consolato d'Italia Shanghai / Posta per L'Italia" May 23,1920 square datestamps, addressed to Rome, fine and interesting, albeit privately created cover, with 1997 Sorani certificate | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4406 ITALIAN COLONIES Castellorizo 1921-24 selection of six covers or cards on exhibit pages, with 1921 registered cover to Smyrna, franked with unoverprinted Italian stamps canceled by specially prepared "Castellorizo Poste Italiane" Coat of Arms handstamps, overprinted stamps used in combination with unoverprinted Italian adhesives, registered cover to Greece, another to The Suez Canal in Ismailia, picture post franked with Municipal Council printed label, also a set of four overprinted "Italian Occupation Castelrosso", fine | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4407 ITALIAN COLONIES Fiume 1918 20f gray brown, used, usual rough perfs, well centered for issue, signed Oliva, with his 1954 certificate. A rarity from Fiume (Sass.1, €6,500) O Catalog #1A Catalog Value $ 3,000 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4408 ITALIAN COLONIES Fiume 1919 (29 Mar) Telegram sent to Trieste, franked with eight different stamps, including 50f, 75f, 80f, 1kr, 2kr, 5kr and 10kr (White Numerals), all but 80f with Typographed Machine overprint, also a single 5f green, all tied by Fiume departure markings, Telegraph Censor cachet, some wrinkles, fine and considerable rarity, signed Raybaudi, with his 1997 certificate (10kr on cover is catalogued at $9,750) (Sass.21, €21,000) Catalog #13-17,19-20 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4409 ITALIAN COLONIES Fiume 1919-22 selection of five covers or cards, including two French Forces postcards, canceled "Tresor et Postes 520" and "Poste aux Armees" (13 Jan and 9 Mar 19), another ppc (defective) franked with 5c Semi-Postal canceled by a specially prepared circular cachet inscribed "Citta di Fiume/Il Comandante", additional photo postcard of D'Annunzio, personally dated and autographed (rare), plus 1922 card with "Governo Provisorio" franking, sent to Serbia, fine (during the First World War, General D'Annunzio was associated with the elite Arditi storm troops of the Italian Army. As part of an Italian nationalist reaction against the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, he set up the short-lived Italian Regency of Carnaro in Fiume with himself as Duce) | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4410 ITALIAN COLONIES Fiume 1943 selection of 13 unaddressed covers, many franked with "Zona Occupata Fiumano Kupa" overprints on Yugoslav stamps, canceled "Crnilug", "Jasenak", "Novi", "Moravice", "Skrad", "Susak", others with Italian stamps, canceled "Arbe Fiume", "Bescanova", "Bescavalle", "Buccari", "Cabar", addressed to Spalato, also some loose stamps on pieces, fine and interesting lot | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4411 ITALIAN COLONIES Oltre Giuba 1925 (14 July) registered cover (insured for 6,000 Lire), franked with 1L, 2L, 5L and 10L high values, tied by "Kisimaio-Oltre Giuba" departure cds, with "A" (Insured) Registry label, addressed to Bank of Italy in Mogadiscio, Italian Somalia, filing folds away from the stamps, wax seals removed from back, causing a couple of insignificant holes, still a great cover (only 1Lire is listed on cover) Catalog #Sass.12-15 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #4412 ITALIAN COLONIES Oltre Giuba 1926 (9 Aug) registered cover to Genova, franked with set of three surcharged, tied by "Chisimaio Somalia Italiana" departure cds, with transit and arrival pmks, little toning, otherwise fine, Catalog #Sass.42-44 Catalog Value €6,300 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4413 ITALIAN COLONIES Tripolitania Air Post 1934 Circuit of Oasis, complete set of seven, used on Registered cover to USA, "Tripoli Posta Aerea Curcuito delle Oasi" 14.5.34 departure pmks, Genova transit and Springfield (May 24) arrival pmks on back, fine and scarce complete set on cover, Catalog #Sass.PA34-40 Catalog Value €12,500 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4414 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of France 1940-43 collection of 25 covers and cards on exhibit pages, showing Armistice Commission markings from Vichy, Wiesbaden, Marseille, Nice, Toulon, Grenoble and Avignon, also mail from Mentone, including "Occupied Zone" and Registered mail, cards from Fontano, with and without "Occupied Zone" markings, military cards from Modane and Lanslevillard, Field Post from Menton, Toulon, Basti and Ajaccio in Corsica, etc. Also included is an official "Commissione Italiana di Armistizio con la Francia" in Casablanca, Morocco, sent 14 March 1942, censored mail from Constantine and Biskra, Algeria, military cards from Bizerte, Tunisia, etc. A fine and rare assembly | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #4415 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Basa Altantica 1943 cover to Genova, franked with 25c, 30c and 50c "Base Atlantica" overprints, tied by departure pmks, Opened by Censor label at left, with arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #4416 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Basa Altantica 1941-44 selection of 10 covers or cards on exhibit pages, including a cover with "Betasom" Registry label, sent to Genova, another with "Gruppo Sommergibili" (12.8.41) pmk, others with "Forze Subacquee Italiane in Atlantico", "Comando Base B.X", also 1944 censored covers with "Base Atlantica" overprinted 10c,15c,25c,30c and 50c (Sass. €10,350), mixed condition, minor faults noted, fine and seldom offered ("BETASOM" (an Italian language acronym of "Bordeaux Sommergibile or Sommergibili") was a submarine base established at Bordeaux by the "Regia Marina Italiana" during Italian Occupation of France. From this base, Italian submarines participated in the Battle of the Atlantic 1940-43 as part of the Axis anti-shipping campaign against the Allies, sinking 109 allied merchant ships, totaling 601,425 tons, losing 16 boats themselves) | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4417 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana 1941 25p black brown, used 30.IV.41 on 25pa Co.Ci. Parcel Card addressed to Kocevje, with official bilingual Occupation Forces seals, "Sluzbeno Postnine Prosto" handstamp, backstamped on arrival, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f., extremely rare, signed Diena, with 1952 Fiecchi and 1953 Diena certificates, Catalog #Sass.1A Catalog Value €18,000 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4418 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana 1941 50p orange, 1d brown rose, each with handstamped "Co.Ci.", used on individual printed matter cover fronts canceled "Ortner" (11 June) and "Ljubljana" (23 June), v.f., the latter with a Croatian stamp added as a souvenir, signed Chiavarello, rare (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Sass.2A,4A Catalog Value €18,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4419 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana 1941 50p orange, used on home-made card from Ljubljana to Vrhnika, handstamped "T" and charged 1d postage due, with pair of 50p violet added on arrival. In addition, there are two commercially used covers, one franked with pair of 1d green, another with a single 1.50f red, tied by Ljubljana pmks (27 April and 30 May, 1941), used locally or to Vrhinka, with arrival pmks, signed Raybaudi, etc., one with certificate, Catalog #Sass.2B,3B,4B Catalog Value €12,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4420 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana 1941 10d violet (machine overprint), 15d brown (handstamped overprint), used with the complete set of Postage Dues on registered, locally addressed cover, Ljubljana 2.V.41 cds, fine-v.f. (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Sass.12,13A Catalog Value €9,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4421 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana 1941 10d violet, used with 12 larger format stamps 0.25p-12d, each handstamped "Co.Ci.", tied by bilingual Ljubljana 27.V.41 cds on unaddressed Philatelic Club cover, v.f., with Milko Pirmajer certificate, rare (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Sass.12A,1B-12B Catalog Value €13,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4422 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana 1941 Red Cross surcharges, complete set of four, used with block of 4x1d green on registered cover from Ljubljana (26.VI.41) to Venezia, opened and resealed by censors, with transit and arrival pmks, v.f., Catalog #Sass.57-60 Catalog Value €2,500 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4423 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana 1941-42 balance of the collection on exhibit pages, 26 covers or cards, with First Day of Issue (26 Apr 41) stationery card from Ljubljana to San Pietro del Carso, Trieste, various "Co.Ci." (Commissarato Civili Territori Sloveni Occupati) overprints, including an address card franked with 10d, 15d and 30d (rare), complete set on cover, postal stationery, Italian stamps used on mail from Crnomelj, Gradac v. Belokraj, Sodrazica, Straza Nov.Mestu, Krmelj, Moste pri Ljubljana, Novo Mesto, Rakek, Velike Lasce, Visnje Gora, FPO 59 pmks on Boundary Commission cards, etc., fine and definitive collection | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #4424 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana Air Post 1941 50p-50d complete set of 10, used on registered, locally addressed Ljubljana (12 May 1941) cover, v.f., signed Bolaffi, Catalog #Sass.1-10 Catalog Value €2,175 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4425 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro 1941-43 balance of the collection, 15 covers or cards displayed on exhibit pages, with a presumed FDC (Josica, 13 June 1941), commercially used Montenegro overprints on covers, one registered from Hercegnovi to Denovic, overprints on Italian adhesives, censored mail to Albania, Registered cover to Italy (Velickovic certificate), others from Andrijevica and Ljubotinj, Sv.Ctevan, Sutomore, Bar and Stari Bar, also a registered cover with red overprint on 6d King Peter, sent to Rome, fine and scarce group | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4426 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro 1941 Stamps of Yugoslavia overprinted in black, complete set of 14, used on cover from Podgorica (15.III.42) to Mallakaster, Albania, also 1d stationery card used from Danilovgrad to Podgorica, fine-v.f. (catalogue value for the complete set on cover, stationery not counted) Catalog #Sass.1-14 Catalog Value €1,875 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4427 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro 1942 "Legionari" Semi-Postal issue, overprinted in red, tied by Cetinje 9 Jan 1942 cds on unaddressed cover, faint toning, otherwise fine-v.f., signed Stolow, etc. Only 200 sets were prepared, of which majority have surface defects (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Sass.28-41 Catalog Value €12,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4428 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro 1942 Red Cross surcharges in red, set of four used on cover from Podgorica 15 Mar 1942 to San Marino, with arrival (18 Mar 42) pmks on back, fine. Only 200 sets were printed, Catalog #Sass.36-39 Catalog Value €15,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4429 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro 1942 Stamps of Yugoslavia overprinted in red, complete set of 11 used on "Governatorato Del Montenegro" cover, registered and used locally in Cetinje, fine-v.f., only 200 of 2d rose lilac were overprinted, Catalog #Sass.49-59 Catalog Value €11,250 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4430 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro Air Post 1941 Montenegro bilingual overprints in black, complete set of eight used on flown cover from Podgorica (15.III.42) to Mallakaster, Albania, filing fold away from the stamps, with arrival pmk, Catalog #Sass.1-8 Catalog Value €875 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4431 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro Air Post 1941 Montenegro bilingual overprints in black, 40d green, 50d gray blue, used together with 30d King Peter 30d rose and tied by bilingual Rozaj (20 June 1941) pmks on cover to Beran, with arrival pmk on back, fine cover, with 1971 Chiavarello certificate. Quantities of the 40d and 50d values are unreported, but only a few exist, especially on cover, Catalog #Sass.8/I-9/II Catalog Value €106,250 | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #4432 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro Air Post 1942 Governatorato del Montenegro overprinted in black and in red, tied by Podgorica and Cetinje postmarks on two philatelic covers addressed to Rome, fine-v.f., Catalog #Sass.10-25 Catalog Value €9,500 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4433 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Zante 1941 (8 Oct) cover from Zakinthos, franked with 2L ultramarine and 50L green, each with violet handstamp, tied by departure pmk, opened by Italian censor, with label at left, arrival pmk on back, little toning, rare cover Catalog #Sass.11,24 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4434 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Zante 1941 Greece, King Constantine 1.50L green, 30d Red brown, vertical Zante handstamp, tied on cover by "Zakinthos" 14 May 1941 pmks, addressed to Genova, with arrival pmk on back, v.f. (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Sass.18,19 Catalog Value €9,130 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4435 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Zante 1941 Mythology Stamps of Greece, handstamped "Occupazione Militare di Zante", 5 Lepta to 25dr complete set of 13, canceled "Zante 11 July 1941" on post office forms, fine-v.f. (catalogued as used) O Catalog #Sass.5-17 Catalog Value €3,420 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4436 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Zante Postal Stationery 1941 2d ultramarine and 5dr carmine, each with a framed "Occupazione Militare di Zante 1-5-XIX" in violet, the former canceled "Posta Militaire No.2", sent to Catione Andevenno, red censor pmk, the latter canceled "Zakynthos" (13 May 1941) and sent to Italy, some water stains, otherwise fine and rare pair of Zante stationery cards, the former with 1982 Raybaudi certificate (Interitalia 11, €3,000), the latter unlisted | Unsold |
 | Lot #4437 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Field Post in the Soviet Union 1941-43 four exhibit pages, with eight cards or covers used by the Italian soldiers in Russia, canceled "Postal Militaire", also "Corpo Italiano di Spedizione in Russia", other markings indicate origins, including Krivoi Rog, Lugansk, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk, etc., handstamps "Zona di Operazione P.M.152", "Comando Aeronautica", plus others, fine and scarce showing of Italian Military on the Eastern Front (by spring of 1943, almost 60 percent of Mussolini's expeditionary force was gone. During 20 months of combat on the Eastern Front, the Italian Army lost 3,010 officers and 81,820 men killed or captured, also 1,290 officers and 28,400 men wounded of frostbitten. During March 1943, all Italian units serving on the Eastern Front were transferred back to Italy. The heavy losses of the 3rd Alpini Division are indicative of those suffered by Italian units in combat against the Red Army. The division set out for Russia with 16,000 men and 4,000 mules and returned to Italy with 3,200 men and 40 mules. The Italians were simply swallowed up in the vastness of Russia) | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4438 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Field Post in the Soviet Union 1942 (8 Feb) military card to Mantova, prepared by members of the Italian 80th Infantry Regiment, when the supplies of the regular fieldpost cards ran short. Created in Dnepropetrovsk, these cards mimicked the Cyrillic type and were inscribed "Postal Card for the Armed Forces" and "Vincere" and "Vinceremo" (we will win) at top,"Printed by the soldiers of the 80th in Russian type on the banks of the Dnieper September 1941-XIX" at bottom, violet 6 March 1942 censor handstamps, extremely rare example of the provisional card sent by an Italian soldier from Russia | Unsold |
 | Lot #4439 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Field Post in the Soviet Union Naval and Maritime Mail 1943 (14 Mar) official fieldpost lettersheet sent by a member of the Italian Fourth Flotilla of Motor Torpedo Boards that operated against the Soviet Union in the Baltic, canceled "IV Flottiglia MAS", with "Posta Militare No.84" endorsement on back, opened and resealed by military censor in Rome, fine. A very elusive example of mail from the Italian Naval Flotilla operating against Russia (a special unit known as the 10th Light Flotilla used modified tourist motorboats called "MTM" (Motoscafi da Turismo Modificati). These MTM boats, known as "barchini esplosivi" (explosive boats) used explosive charges against enemy ships) | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4440 JAPAN Russo-Japanese War 1904 (7 Aug) cover to England, sent by Grant Wallace, "U.S. San Francisco Bulletin Reporter/2nd Army Headquarters", boxed censor and military mail cachets, cover faults and repairs, rare usage, with arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #4441 JAPAN Russo-Japanese War 1905 (8 Aug) picture postcard from a French military observer with the Japanese forces in Manchuria, datelined on reverse "Army of General Oku", rectangular box marking reads "Censored by 2nd Army General Staff", addressed to Paris, readdressed to Gironde, with arrival pmk, scarce observer mail from the Russo-Japanese War | Unsold |
 | Lot #4442 JAPAN Russo-Japanese War 1905 (26 Mar) picture postcard to the Imperial War Ministry in Vienna, sent by an Austrian officer attached to the Japanese Army, message reads "Greetings from the battlefield of Mukden, 21 Mar 1905" (the battle of Mukden lasted 20 days. It was the final and the most decisive major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War. Involving 610,000 combat participants and 164,000 combatant casualties, it was the largest modern-era battle fought prior to World War I) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4443 JAPAN Russo-Japanese War Military Mail 1904-11 selection of 15 covers or cards, written-up on exhibit pages, usages include 2nd Army FPO (Nov 1904), usages from Korea, FPO 5 (Yalu River), Head Office, 3rd Supply Company card, FPO 2 (Manchuria), interesting message ("regiment near Mukden suffered 700 killed or wounded"), Gunji Yubin lettersheet from FPO 3, card from FPO 4, Sakhalin Defense Army letter, others from Lyaotung Peninsula (FPO 1), souvenir postcard (Triumphant celebration), cover to the Consul General of France in Seoul, Korea, canceled by the special celebratory pmk, etc. An excellent insight into the Japanese military activities during the war | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4444 JAPAN French Aviation Mission 1919 cover and picture postcard to France, showing two different types of "Mission Francaise d'Aeronautique au Japon" cachets, the former with Japanese franking on reverse, canceled by Tokyo departure pmks, signed by the French pilot, roughly opened at top, with some cover mending, card sent free of postage, with arrival cds. (Japan invited the fourth French Military Mission, composed of 50 members and equipped with several of the newest types of airplanes, to establish the fundamentals of the Japanese Air Force) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4445 JAPAN Japanese Occupation of Korea 1906-39 collection of 16 covers or cards on exhibit pages, each with Japanese franking, showing pmks of "Seoul, Corea", "Changchun, I.J.P.O.", "Pusan", "Pyongyang", "Ninsen", "Keijo" (one showing additional "Mukden-Changchun Manchuria" TPO marking of the South Manchurian Railway), registered cover from Gensan to USA, with rare Registry label reading "Gensan", registered covers from Wonsan and Taiku, portion of parcel from "Chunju", registry label "Shimonoseki" on cover from Seoul to England, late usage with "Keizyo, Tyosen" pmks, etc. A splendid showing of commercial mail from Japanese occupied Korea | Unsold |
 | Lot #4446 JAPAN Japanese Occupation of Korea 1906-08 picture postcard from Chemulpo to Scotland, sent via Yokohama, also registered cover (4 June 1908), canceled Chemulpo, Coree, with the very rare "Imp. Jap. P.O. Chemulpo" Registry label, sent via Yokohama to Hong Kong, both displayed on exhibit page | Unsold |
 | Lot #4447 JAPAN Japanese intervention/Occupation of Siberia Military Mail 1919-20 selection of 31 covers or cards, written-up on exhibit pages, usages include Gunji Yubin card from the military hospital in Harbin, machine postmark on card (the only recorded example), card with cachet of "Hachimenjo Defense Company, Manchuria", New Year's greeting cards, Naval mail from Sakhalin, FPO 51 markings from Raikov, North Sakhalin, another from FPO 50 (Aleksandrovsk, Sakhalin), Relay FPO markings, specially issued stationery, also two Russian stationery cards used by the Japanese soldiers, YMCA covers and cards, departure from Siberia correspondence, etc., fine and interesting group | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4448 JAPAN Japanese intervention/Occupation of Siberia 1919-25 selection of ten covers or cards on pages, including large cover which contained official mail from the No.3 Company of the 26th Cavalry Regiment in Manchuria, censor handstamps on cards to Japan, one reading "Nikolsk Military Police Squad/Censored", special Gunji Yubin stationery formula cards and lettersheet, plus a card from FPO 54 (Nikolayevsk), FPO 11 (Bochikarevo) and FPO 9 (Verhneudinsk) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4449 JAPAN Lyaotung Peninsula 1919 two covers from Dairen, one to USA, the other registered to Florence, Italy, with Yamato Hotel cachet, Registry label and "Dairen I.J.P.O." departure pmk, fine | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4450 JAPAN Lyaotung Peninsula 1923-40 collection of 10 covers or cards, with mail from Dairen, including registered cover routed "Via Siberia" to Paris, cancels include "I.N.P.O." (Imperial Nipponese Post Office) and I.J.P.O. (Imperial Japanese Post Office), military mail sent from members of the 34th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division at Shantung Province (Japanese reinforcements were sent to Shantung to protect their interests during fighting between Chinese Nationalists and Communists), also a card from Field Post Office No.1, sent in 1932 from Shanghai (message reads "there were several soldiers killed"), interesting group | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #4451 JAPAN Lyaotung Peninsula 1935 (31 May) large Insured coverfront with Japanese franking, registered from Port Arthur to Shanghai, China, filing fold through one of the stamps, fine (After Japan's defeat of Russia, Port Arthur was renamed "Ryojun" and the Port Arthur-Harbin line became part of the South Manchurian Railway. After 1932, Japan regarded its lease as being held from Manchukuo rather than from China) | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #4452 JAPAN Lyaotung Peninsula 1937 (7 Nov) cover from the Danish Mission in Port Arthur to the home country, franked with single 10s ultramarine, endorsed "Via Siberia", with "Danish Mission S.Manchuria" handstamp on reverse | Unsold |
 | Lot #4453 JAPAN Japanese Occupation of Sakhalin 1930-31 three picture postcards (one showing "Natives of Karafuto"), canceled "Susuka" (4 Mar 1930),"Toyohara" (26 July 1931) and Karafuto Sisuka (26 Aug 1936), last one with additional "Karafuto N.Lat. 50 Boundary Exploration" handstamp, each with 1 1/2s franking. Also included is a cover with "Missio Independens de Karafuto" corner card address, sent to USA, with 2s adhesive, canceled 11 Nov 1935, filing fold and some tone spots, unusual group | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4454 JAPAN Japanese Occupation of Sakhalin 1934 (27 Dec) Island of Saghalien, MAOKA, Karl Lewis illustrated cover to USA, franked with 1/2s and 9 1/2s Air Post, paying the 10s international rate, beautiful illustration and blue "To US" handstamp at bottom, with typed "N" and "C-6" on back, also oval kan sealing the backflap, v.f., unusual example from Maoka, Sakhalin | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #4455 JAPAN Kurile Islands 1935 (18 Apr) cover from "Chishima Ushio" to Tokyo, franked with vertical pair of 1 1/2s blue, with printed address on reverse, fine usage from Kurile Islands (known in Japanese as Chishima, the Kurile Islands lie between Hokkaido and Kamchatka Peninsula. In 1875, the Japanese took possession of the islands in return for giving up their claim to the southern half of Sakhalin) | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4456 JAPAN Japanese Occupation of Taiwan 1925-35 selection of seven covers or cards on exhibit pages, with large Registered cover from Tainan to USA, franked with 50sen definitive, tied by "Tainan/Taiwan Japan" pmks, Yokohama transit and Chicago arrival pmks, another Registered cover from Taihoku to Canada, showing western-style "Taihoku Taiwan Japan" cds, cards used from Taichu, Kiirun and Ching Li, plus a cover from Pei Tou, fine and scarce lot | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4457 LATVIA Military Mail 1919-22 six Field Post cards, various units and destinations, also two covers from American Relief Organizations, sent from Tallinn in 1921 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4458 LATVIA Military Mail 1916-18 selection of 10 covers or cards from Libau, Mitau and Windau, Naval Stations with unit cachets identified as originating from Riga, Libau and Windau. In addition, there is a registered cover with "Feldpoststation Nr.168" with handstamps of the Submarine Flotilla in Kurland, handstamped "Marinesache" and sent to Kiel, plus a postcard sent from Seaplane base in Libau, with "Kaiserliche Marine Flugstation Libau" handstamp, also a registered cover and card, the latter with scarce provisional "Daudsewas" Registry box, fine lot with several very scarce items, including the U-Boat and Seaplane base | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4459 LATVIA Military Mail 1919 (18 Jan) picture postcard to Germany, with cachet of the German consul to Latvia and Estonia, mailed through the field post office at Libau, franked with 20pf with red "Libau" overprint, tied by the "Deutsche Feldpost 168" pmk, v.f. Also included are three covers from German Volunteer units in Latvia, Fieldpost 202 and others | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #4460 LEBANON 1923-40 collection of 19 covers or cards on exhibit pages, including Official mail "Syria-Greater Lebanon French High Commission" in Beirut, sent to Munich, mixed franking Syria/Lebanon cover from the Italian Consulate in Damascus to Florence, "Grand Liban" overprints on covers from Beirut to Aleppo and to Budapest, registered cover from Tripoli Boy's School to the American Mission in Beirut, 1925-26 Pictorial issues on covers to Singapore and Teheran, Flight covers, other unusual destinations, censor markings and Military Mail, fine lot | Unsold |
 | Lot #4461 LIBERIA 1916 (14 June) 2c stationery entire envelope, franked with two strips of three of "L.F.F." 1c surcharges, registered from Monrovia to France, with Aydat (17.7.16) arrival pmk on back, stamps with letters out of order, inverted, etc., fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #4462 LITHUANIA 1916-18 collection of 25 covers or cards, showing military mail originating in Vilnius, Kaunas, "Festungspost Kowno" and "Garrison Post Kowno" handstamps, various cachets, Registered cover with "Feldspostexpedition Oberbefehlshaber Ost" (Commander in Chief East) label, plus "Kommander der Flieger Oberbefehlhaber Ost" (Commander in Chief of the Air Services), Delivery Service, stationery card used from Warsaw to Wilno, with "Gebuhr 10 PF" circular hs, covers used in Polish districts (Bialystok, Grodno and Suwalki), registered card and cover from "Georgenburg (Litauen)" and "Uzjany (Litauen)", etc. | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4463 MANCHUKUO 1932-40 collection of 20 covers or cards written-up on exhibit pages, beginning with the "Manchurian Incident", including military mail from Harbin, Shanhaikuan, Manshu, Mukden, followed by covers from the Manchu State, including registered mail, flown covers to USA, Postage Dues imposed on covers to China, etc. A solid representation (On September 18, 1931, the Manchurian (Mukden) Incident sparked the Japanese military aggression in East Asia. The Kwantung Army alleged that Chinese soldiers attempted to bomb a South Manchurian Railway train, even though damage to the railway was minimal and the train arrived at its destination safely. Nevertheless, the incident resulted in the speedy and unauthorized capture of Mukden followed by the occupation of all of Manchuria) | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4464 MONACO Military Mail 1917-18 two picture postcards from Monte Carlo to Paris, showing different cachets used by the French Military Hospitals established in Monaco during WWI, tending to wounded and ill soldiers, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #4465 MONTENEGRO 1792 Earliest known forerunner FL sent by private courier from a Captain D.Djordjevic in Rieka to Count D.Vujic in Brcele Monastery, Virpazar, near Lake Scutari, with important historical message, actually an attempt by the Captain to persuade the Count to become the General of the Montenegrin army. Posted 80 years before postal service in Montenegro was established, this is a rare example of 18th Century Postal History of Montenegro, some minor ageing, with archival handstamp on back | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4466 MONTENEGRO 1874 Prince Nicholas, 2 Novcica yellow, die proof on wove paper (93x113mm), made by Austrian State Printing Works and submitted to the Prince for his personal approval. He obviously liked the design and the issue was approved, little brown toning on back, v.f. and probably unique P | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #4467 MONTENEGRO 1874 (22 May) Money order for 350 Florin, franked with 5 Novcica First printing of Montenegro (The first issue was released on the 1st of May 1874), sent by Stagecoach from Cetinje to Cattaro, where was it was rerouted to Trieste. In manuscript "franco 19 talir / primo Cattaro" (Paid in cash), endorsed "Forwarded by Diligence" (Stagecoach), fine and very early use (only three weeks after the Post office opening) | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4468 MONTENEGRO 1879-81 three FLs on well described exhibit pages, showing official covers from Annexed Territory during Russo-Turkish war from Ulcinj, Podgorica and Niksic, fine and attractive trio of Montenegrin postal history | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4469 MONTENEGRO 1891 (9 Mar) Registered cover from Rieka to Hannover, franked with Second printing Prince Nicholas stamps 2+3+5 Novcica for letter abroad plus 10 Novcica for registration, tied by Rieka cds, with Cyrillic "Preporuceno" (Registered) handstamp, with Cetinje transit and Hannover arrival pmks on back, fine and attractive four color combination of Second printing Prince Nicholas stamps | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4470 MONTENEGRO 1892 (18 Sep) cover from Bar to Teodo (Tivat - Cattaro Bay) franked with 2+3+10 Novcica (Second printing) for registered letter, but postage was underpaid for 2 Novcica. As a result, the postal clerk blacked out the registration box and forwarded the cover as regular mail, without registry, with Cetinje transit and Tivad (20 Sep) arrival pmks on back, filing fold away from the stamps, scarce usage from "New Montenegro" | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4471 MONTENEGRO 1892-94 exhibit page with two covers, one to Germany correctly franked with second printing of Prince Nicholas stamps 2n+3n+5n, tied by Danilovgrad cds, with Rieka & Cetinje transits and Heidelberg arrival pmks, the other cover was sent from Anglo-Montenegrin Trading Co. in Podgoritza to Vienna franked with 7 novcica, second printing, paying beneficiary 7 novcica rate to Austria | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4472 MONTENEGRO Government in Exile - Bordeaux 1916 (16 Jan) cover from London to General Martinovitch, redirected via Montenegrin P.O. at Bordeaux where two different "Return" labels were applied and cover returned back to England (due to the Austrian Occupation), fine and extremely rare incoming mail from England | Unsold |
 | Lot #4473 MONTENEGRO Government in Exile - Bordeaux 1916 cover (a "window envelope") from New York, with handstamped label "Montenegro (Service des Postes en France) Retour a L'Envoyeur Le Destinataire N'Ayant Pu Etre Touche", opened and resealed by censor, oval "Ouvert Par L'Autorite Militaire 301" markings on both sides, also an unused label, some cover flaws, extremely rare | Unsold |
 | Lot #4474 MONTENEGRO Government in Exile - Bordeaux 1916 Newspaper wrapper from Paris to the French Ministry in Cetinje, redirected via Montenegrin P.O. at Bordeaux where two different "Return" labels were applied and cover returned back to France (due to the Austrian Occupation), fine and rare incoming mail from France | Unsold |
 | Lot #4475 MONTENEGRO Government in Exile - Bordeaux 1916 overprinted "S.P. du M. Bordeaux" (Service Postale di Montenegro) on French stamps, 5c-1fr, complete set of 11, 50c used, others l.h. or h.r., occasional disturbed gum, fine (these stamps were available for use from 6 to 27 June 1916, when they were withdrawn due to protests from the French postal administration), *O Catalog #YT 1-11 Catalog Value €2,075 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4476 MONTENEGRO Government in Exile - Bordeaux 1916 overprinted "S.P. du M. Bordeaux" (Service Postale di Montenegro) on French stamps, 5c-1fr, eight different, canceled on pieces, fine-v.f., rare and undervalued, O Catalog #YT 1/11 Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4477 MONTENEGRO Government in Exile - Bordeaux 1917-27 highly interesting selection of covers and cards on 10 exhibit pages, with good historical background explanations, showing variety of mail from this turbulent time, including a registered cover from the Montenegrin Ministry of War to the American Military Attache in Greece, Gaeta issue, with the rare 25pa Postage Due, "Free Montenegro" overprints, British Trans Adriatic Force, censored card, Montenegro National Defense Directorate at Geneva, Foreign Ministry at Rome letter to USA, etc. A wonderful historical archive | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4478 POLAND 1918 (27 Nov) cover to New York, franked with horizontal strip of 3x20h green, tied by Lwow departure pmks, red "Wojskowa Cenzura Lwow" military censor hs, also Money Order with 50h and 20h Postage Due used from Krzeszowa to Krakow, with 16 Jan 19 arrival, fine "forerunners" displayed on exhibit page | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #4479 POLAND 1918-20 selection of 22 covers or cards, showing the early years of Independent Poland, with Lublin overprints, first definitives, registered mail and postal stationery, Semi-Postals, including Red Cross set of four, Polish Occupation of Minsk Litewski, registered cover used 26 Apr 1920, Austrian stamps on cover and parcel card, overprints on German General Government definitives, Polish I.Corps stationery cards, with additional franking, fine and interesting lot | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #4480 POLAND 1919 Suwalki, two covers and card with provisional Suwalki markings, including "Poczta Polska St.Suwalki", two with "40gr" indicating Postage Paid, Registration and Censor handstamps, fine and uncommon selection (at the end of July 1919, the Paris Peace Conference granted the town of Suwalki to Poland. As the newly-established border was disapproved of by the Polish government, it organized the Sejny Uprising on August 23, 1919. The Polish-Lithuanian War erupted for control of Suwalki and other towns in the area. The war ended in September, but during the Polish-Bolshevik War, the town was captured by the Communists and, after the Battle of Warsaw, it was again passed to the Lithuanians. It was eventually retaken by the Polish Army) | Price Realized $260.00 |
| Lot #4481 POLAND NO LOT | Unsold | |
 | Lot #4482 POLAND 1919 (23 Jan) registered cover from Oderberg to Upper Silesia, franked with Krakow 25/80h pair, tied by bilingual "Oderbwerg Bohumin" pmks, provisional Registry handstamp at top, fine and uncommon usage of the Krakow provisional overprints in Eastern Silesia (After the division of Cieszyn/ Silesia in 1920, Bohumin became part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, it was annexed by Poland in 1938 and by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4483 POLAND 1919 (31 Jan) registered cover from Tarnow to Myslenice, franked with Krakow overprints 15h and 50h (lower right corner folded over), placed over the Austrian registry label, further endorsed "Zlamane" and "Uszkodzone" (postal markings were damaged), filing fold away from the stamps, signed Rachmanow and Bojanowicz | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4484 POLAND 1919 (16 Apr) registered covered to Poznan, franked with five different Krakow overprints, including two Postage Dues, tied by "Fr.Gl.Poczta Polowa" pmks, with corresponding military "Frontowa Glowna Poczta Polowa" hs, Registry box below (number filled-in by hand), Poznan (18.4.19) arrival pmk on back, filing fold away from the stamps, rare usage of Krakow overprints on cover with Field Post markings, signed Mikulski | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4485 POLAND 1919 (6 Feb) registered cover from Lwow to Krakow, with Austrian (Lemberg) Registry label, bearing "Poczta Polska Lwow S. Oplacono- zarach.p." four line (Paid) hs, "65" and "6" filled-in by hand, furthermore "Wojskowa Cenzura Lwow" censor hs, with Krakow (8.II.19) arrival pmk on back. A fine example of 65h cash franking on commercial mail | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4486 POLAND 1919-20 Military Mail, selection of 13 covers or cards on exhibit pages, various "Poczta Polowa" Fieldpost markings from Lwow, Przemysl, Krakow, including W.P.12, "Glowna Frontowa Poczta Polowa" pmks, French Military Mission "Tresor et Postes 309", with "Misya Francuska" and other markings applied by the members of the French units from Brzezany and Lwow, also Eastern Silesia covers from Cieszyn, "S.O." overprints on registered cover from Bielitz to Nowy Sacz, "Frontowa Poczta Polowa No.28" Field Artillery Regiment card to Wieliczka, fine | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4487 POLAND 1914-18 World War I - Vistulla River Flotilla, single frame (16 pages) exhibit with 20 covers or cards, showing Postal History of the Naval Flotilla along the Vistula River, created on 30 July, 1914, when Austria declared war on Serbia, with a variety of markings, destinations, postal rates, Headquarters FPO 186, "S.M.S. Dunajex" and "S.M.S. Goplana", plus many others, fine and rare group, difficult to assemble. In fact it has taken Mr. Kugel more than two decades to put it together. | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #4488 POLAND 1914-18 German Vistula Flotilla, collection of 11 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing Postal History of this Naval Flotilla along the Vistula River, various stations, Warsaw, Thorn, Modlin, Wloclawek, Fieldpost markings, Panzerboot "Weichsel", Navigation office in Garwolin, "Headquarters Vistula Flotilla Station Bonczki", etc. | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #4489 POLAND Bug and Styr River Flotillas Naval and Maritime Mail 1916-18 collection of 16 cards or covers, written-up on exhibit pages, showing mail from the small naval flotillas employed along the Bug and Styr Rivers in Poland and Ukraine. Headquartered at Dorohusk and Rozyszcze, these flotillas consisted of old paddle steamers equipped with machine guns. They were used by Austro-Hungarian Empire against Russia. This collection shows special handstamps "Imperial & Royal HQ of the Bug Flotilla" with anchor in the center, 4th Army markings, card set in 1917 from Chelm, Transport Detachment companies, "K.u.k.Bugflotille" handstamp on card mailed from Dorohusk, others from FPO 448, 524. 357, 448, censored cover from Chelm to Holland, sent by Major Verspyck, one of the senior officers of the Flotilla, cachets black out by censor (only known cover, rather than card), finally the fieldpost card with "K.u.K Flotillenweft Rozyszcze", FPO 172 pmk, sent to Vienna (one of only two examples recorded). A fine showing of this virtually unknown footnote of Polish military/naval history | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #4490 POLAND Local Post on Territory Occupied by 10th Army 1918 (30 Aug) registered cover to Dorpat, franked with 10th Army 30pf and 60pf adhesives, used in combination with pair of 20pf Germania stamps, all tied by "Minsk Gouv," departure cds, violet Registry box and Dorpat arrival pmks. Also included is a stationery card from Borysow Minski to Wilejka, franked with 40k on 30k 10th Army surcharge, tied by violet departure pmks, with Postage Due handstamp (20k) charged on delivery, with Wilejka arrival pmk, fine and exceptional quality, the latter with Mikulski certificate (these local stamps were issued for use by civilians in the portion of the Eastern Front controlled by the 10th Army, whose territory included portions of modern-day Poland, Russia and Belarus) (Fi.1-3, PLN zl 33,000zl $8,450) (Mi.1-3, €4,500) | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #4491 POLAND Polish Locals - Bialystok 1916 Forwarding station, receipt stamp for 25pf, signed Wolfsohn, "Stadthautmann" cancel, also 25pf dark blue, imperforate proof on gummed paper, minor crease, otherwise fine (F.1, PLN Zl 9,500 ($2,432) *O | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4492 POLAND Polish Locals - Bialystok 1916 7 1/2pf Postgebiet Ob Ost stationery card addressed to Ekaterinoslav, with surcharged 1m on 25pf signed by "R. Wolfsohn", tied by "Der Deutsche Stadhauptmann Bialystok / Briefstempel" pmks, minor toning, fine and extremely rare card, signed Mikulski (Fi.1, PLN Zl 60,000 $15,366) | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #4493 POLAND Polish Locals - Bialystok 1916 cover addressed to Sweden, franked with surcharged 1m on 25pf signed by "R. Wolfsohn", tied by "Militarkreisamt Bialystok Stadt" pmks, showing return address of Mr.Tabaczinski in Bialystok, fine and very rare cover (Fi.1, PLN Zl 60,000 $15,366) | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #4494 POLAND Polish Locals - Mielnica 1919 (3 Jan) registered cover from Mielnica to Lwow (addressed to equivalent of "workmen's compensation insurance company"), franked with Austrian 40h handstamped "Poczta Polska" and tied by violet "Mielnica" handstamp, date inserted by pen, corresponding Registry box alongside, extremely rare | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4495 POLAND Polish Locals - Myslenice 1919 (4 Jan) "Magistrat Krol. Woln. Miasta Myslenice" (administration of free City of Myslenice, with corresponding red label on back) registered cover to Warszawa, franked with pair of Austrian handstamped 10h magenta and single 30h Postage Due, tied by faint departure pmks, minor cover faults, rare usage | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4496 POLAND Polish Locals - Skalat 1919 (14 Nov) registered cover posted from Skalat, franked with overprinted "Poczta Polska" on Austrian 5h green (2) and 40h olive, tied by departure cds, red "Dowodztwo XIII.Kompani Etapowej" (HQ of the Polish Army unit) hs, minor cover faults, rare local usage, signed Mikulski (after WWI, Skalat was seized by local Ukrainian activists, who declared it part of Western Ukraine. Tensions escalated, resulting in Polish-Ukrainian War. On July 16, 1919, the town was captured by the Polish Army) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4497 POLAND Polish Locals - Skalat 1919 (16 Nov) money order receipt for 1,000kr, showing "Poczta Polska Skalat" overprint and corresponding pmk, addressed to Lwow, fine and scarce piece | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4498 POLAND Polish Occupation of Cieszyn and Zaolzie 1938-39 collection of 44 covers or cards, neatly displayed on 16 exhibit pages (one frame), presented alphabetically by postmark, starting with Cieszyn (Teschen), Zaolzie, Orava, with registered cover from Strumien to Court Prosecutor in Cieszyn, continuing with covers from Bledowice Dolne, Bogum ("Pozdrowienia z ziem Polskich odebranych Czechom w koncu 1938 r." Greetings from Polish territory taken from Czechs at the end of 1938), Bziecmorowice, Bystrzyca n/Olza, Dabrowa Slaska, Darkow, Domaslowice Dolne, Frysztat, Jablonkow, Karwina, Kocobedz, Ligotka Kameralna, Lazy Slaskie, Mosty Slaskie, Orlowa (registered cover addressed to President Roosevelt in Washington), Nawsie, plus many others, some with handstamped Patriotic slogans, including on covers with Czechoslovak stamps, flown cover from Stonawa to England (uncommon foreign destination from the annexed Cieszyn territory), covers from Morawka, Czerna Beskidzka, Skalite, Sucha Hora, Jaworzyna, with special "Wyzwolona Jaworzyna w Polskich Tatrach" - (liberated Jaworzyna in Polish Tatry Mountains). A definitive presentation of this interesting historical chapter | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4499 POLAND Polish Prisoners of War in the Soviet Union 1939-42 four covers of cards from Polish POWs in Starobielsk (7 Dec 1939), Ostashkov (3 Na 1940), Dubno (19 Mar 1940) and Kozielsk (14 Jan 1941), the latter incoming from German Occupied Warsaw, marked "Kriegsgefangen", censored "POB 11, C-41", with arrival in Moscow pmk (most of the inmates in Kozielsk were murdered by NKVD in Katyn forest), mixed condition, but very elusive items | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4500 POLAND Internment of Polish Soldiers in Sweden 1945 (23 Mar) cover from Wabrezno to Stockholm, addressed to a Polish Sailor interned in Sweden, framed "Cenzura Wojskowa" and "Attache Morski w Stockholmie" handstamps, additionally opened by Swedish censors, red crayon notation indicates "ubyl to Angli 12.VI.45" (Left for England), rare | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #4501 POLAND Polish Army in Great Britain 1941-44 collection of 26 covers or cards on exhibit pages, with "British Liberation Army" markings, incoming mail, various FPOs, "HQ Polish Recruiting Mission" cachet, Polish Navy mail, Polish Army Corps bilingual Field Post cachet, censor hs, unusual destinations (Northern Rhodesia), Official Mail, cover to USA, with mixed Polish Government in Exile stamps, with U.S. 6c Air Mail, all canceled by "Poczta Polowa 137" cds, etc. Included in this collection are two covers from Polish Training Battalion in Owen Sound, Canada, one with Polish Military Mission cachet, marked "Secret", sent to General Dembinski by courier to the Chief of Staff in London. A fine chronicle of Polish Army and Navy in England and Canada | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4502 POLAND Polish Army in Great Britain 1942-47 large collection of 100+ covers and cards on exhibit pages, including Indian Army Postal Service, used by the Polish Army in Teheran, Kirkuk (Iraq), Egypt. Including Naval Mail, incoming letters, Central Mediterranean Force, mail from Palestine, Baghdad, incoming and outgoing mail, one to Kenya, Polish Forces Middle East covers, Polish Troops in Italy, Lebanon, plus countless others, each cover with its own story, well described, with numerous elusive items, some from remote locations, demonstrating the powerful presence of the Polish Army under British Command | Unsold |
 | Lot #4503 POLAND Polish Army in France 1940 (26 Mar) two covers from the Officers Training Center at "Les Sables d'Olonne" to Paris, each with red or violet "Armee Polonaise" markings, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #4504 POLAND Polish Army in the Soviet Union 1941-42 collection of 28 covers or cards from various camps in the Soviet Union, extensively described on exhibit pages, starting with Buzuluk, Tatischevo, Tock Lager, Yangi-Jul, including a cover from Scotland to London, marked "Wyjechal do Rosji" (left for Russia), forwarded by diplomatic pouch and handstamped "O.B.C. (opened by censor) in Yangi Jul GHQ, incoming mail from Kokchtav and Ayaguz, registered cover from Katta Kurgan (Uzbekistan) to GHQ in Yangj Jul, triangular "C" and "Rej.B.C.W." (Rejonowe Biuro Cenzury Woskowej) censor mark, Military Post No.3000 pmk on receipt for Money Order, Fieldpost covers from Dzhalal Abad Camp, also from Shakhrisabz Camp, Military Post No.3003 pmks on cover to Teheran, covers to and from Kanimekh Training Camp for Airmen, also a cover from the same camp to Teheran, carried by Polish courier, with British censor marking applied on arrival, covers from Guzar Camp, Vreskaja Camp, Malan and Lugovoy Camps, Tokmak, etc. Also included is a proof strike "Poczta Polowa Polskie Sily Zbrojne w ZSSR", Polish circular pmk used on incoming mail from Port Said to Buzuluk, passed by British censor, cover sent by courier from the Polish Embassy in Kustanai to Commandant of Field Hospital in Shakhrisabz, "Glowna Poczta Polowa" markings, registered mail from Ashkhabad Evacuation Center, etc., mixed condition, remarkable assembly of historical significance | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #4505 POLAND Polish Army in the Soviet Union 1942 "Dojdziemy" single used on large part of cover (half of the back missing), canceled by Field Post No.300 in Cyrillic, with numerous additional markings, addressed to Polish Red Cross in Teheran, signed Bojanowicz. Also included is a vertical tete-beche proof printed from defaced cliche, plus a privately designed "Stan" souvenir sheetlet | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4506 POLAND Polish Army in the Soviet Union 1942-43 selection of covers or parts of documents, with cover sent through civilian mails to embarkation point in Tashkent, with Soviet franking, canceled "Pol. Sil Zbr. W. Z.S.R.R. D-Two" cancel, postal receipt for three incoming registered letters with "Tokmak" cancel, cover sent 12.7.42 to "Vrevskaya", cover to Tolense in Kyrgyzstan, with Fieldpost and Postage due markings, censored at "Dzhalal Abad", registered cover set 18.4.42 to the Polish Military governor at Yangi Yul, another registered cover sent 20.4.42, cover from Sukotino in Northern Kazakhstan to Yangi Yul, various strikes of Polish Military units, etc., mixed condition, faults noted, rare assembly, ex-Chris Kulpinski | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4507 POLAND Polish Army in the Soviet Union 1943 proof of unadopted design of 80gr (green) showing Polish troops in U.S.S.R 1941-42, designed by A.Horowicz and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson on gummed paper with serial number 66, v.f., extremely rare P | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4508 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1945-46 collection on exhibit pages, including a cover from a Corporal in a British Controlled Polish Repatriation Camp to Polish Embassy in Rome, from there via Red Cross to Warsaw, Registered and First Day Covers with Second Polish Corps issues, including a souvenir sheet of four, surcharged values, Air Post, with set of five overprinted "Poczta Lotnicza", canceled "Poczta Osiedli Polskich Bartletta", Red Cross Mail (Rome to Geneva), VFW cover to the Catholic League in Chicago, plus unused set of three National Anthem souvenir sheets, fine lot | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #4509 ROMANIA 1918-19 Bessarabia, Parcel Card with Russian franking, used from "Oknitsa" (5 Jan 1918), also two registered covers to New York, one from Acherman, with bilingual censor label, the other from Borsca, via Chisnau, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4510 ROMANIA Russo-Turkish War (Romanian Field Post) 1877 (20 July) FL from Craiova to the Romanian Military Headquarters in Poiana, large, but indistinct military cachet on reverse, with receiving pmk (21 July) on front, faint toning, otherwise fine, neatly described on exhibit page | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4511 ROMANIA French Military Mission in Romania 1917-20 collection of 14 covers or cards, perfectly described on exhibit pages, showing different types of French Military Mission in Romania, with "General Berthelot/Commander of Mission", "French Military Mission 2nd Army" and "MMF in Romania" cachets, military markings from Bucharest, Constanza, French Navy "Secteur du Danube Commandant Naval Francaise" (Tumu Severin), Relief Coordination Mission, French Aviation Aeronautical Section and Aerostation units, censored mail, military endorsements, etc. (The French Military Mission to Romania, led by General Berthelot was to help Romania during World War I. French officers, aviators and medical staff trained and supported the Romanian Army) | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #4512 ROMANIA Romanian Soldiers in Siberia 1920 two covers from Cadet Buchen to his family in Czernowitz, Bukovina, one "American YMCA" soldier's mail cover franked with Russian imperf. 1r brown & red, tied by oval Vladivostok (15.7.20) pmk, addressed to Romania, showing return address of "Romanian Concentration Point at Staraja Rieka", Cernauti (7 Oct 1920) arrival pmk on back. The second cover is franked with imperf. pair of 1r, showing part of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia departure address, Czernowitz arrival pmk on back (Romanians served in the Austro-Hungarian army and were in POW camps in Siberia. Few were apparently recruited by the Allies and became part of the International Intervention Force). These two covers are possibly the only known from this little known chapter of history) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4513 ROMANIA Romanian Occupation of Transnistria 1941-44 single frame (16 pages) exhibit with 28 covers or cards, showing Postal History of the Romanian Occupation of Odesa and the area that lies between the Dniester and Bug Rivers, with registered and censored mail, Romanian franking on cards used from Tiraspol, Odesa, stationery cards from Birzula, Odesa, Official and inbound mail, Posta Militar No.52, No.54, covers from small post offices such as Ananiev, Balta, Golta, Kadzelnaia, Moghilev, Oceacov, Ovidiopol, Rudnita, Smerinca, Dubasari, Slobozia-Tiraspol, Grigoriopol, mixed condition, fine and rare group. (In 1941, after Axis forces invaded the Soviet Union, Romania controlled the entire region between Dniester and Southern Bug rivers, including Odesa as local capital. The Romanian-administered territory, known as the Transnistria Governorate was divided into 13 counties: Ananiev, Balta, Berzovca, Dubasari, Golta, Jugastru, Movilau, Oceacov, Odesa, Ovidiopol, Ribnita, Tiraspol, and Tulcin. This expanded Transnistria was home to nearly 200,000 Romanian-speaking residents. The process of Romanianization which ensued, resulted in mass deportation of between 150,000 and 250,000 Ukrainian and Romanian Jews, the majority were murdered or died in the ghettos and concentration camps) | Price Realized $3,900.00 |
 | Lot #4514 RUSSIA 1919 picture propaganda postcard "Dogs of Entente", leaders of White Anti-Bolshevik forces (Denikin, Kolchak and Yudenich), strings pulled by Western Powers, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #4515 RUSSIA 1919 70k brown, used on registered cover headed "Legation de Suisse en Russie", canceled 2.5.19, addressed locally in Petrograd, with same day arrival pmks on back Catalog #150 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4516 RUSSIA French Military Mission to Russia 1916-18 collection of 12 covers or cards, plus one coverfront, perfectly described on exhibit pages, showing different types of French Military Mission to Russia cachets and "F.M." (Franchise Militaire) endorsements, sent by diplomatic pouch to France, cards sent by military instructors involved with heavy artillery, French Aviation units stationed in Kiev and Kamenetz-Podolsk, Medical units, etc. A fine group | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #4517 RUSSIA Russia - Russian Far East (Asia Pacific Region) 1919-21 selection of six covers or cards on exhibit pages, with censored cover from Birsk to Ufa (stated to be the only known cover from the White Occupation of Ufa), Kolchak surcharges, one cover from Omsk to Bogorodsk, card from Irkutsk to USA, Blagoveshchensk parcel card and cover, censor markings, etc. | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4518 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1921 (3 Feb) registered cover from the Russian Exile Army Post Office, Tresor et Postes 506, survivors of the Denikin's and Wrangel's Army evacuated from South Russia, with "Russian Army/ Russian Post Office Constantinople" military cachet, sent to Algeria, via the French FPO 506 in Constantinople, fine. A rarity | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4519 RUSSIA Russo-Turkish War 1878 (14 Mar) large Registered cover franked with 2k, 5k and vertical strip of 3x8k, paying 31k, tied by "Polevoye P.O. Kavkaz Korp.2" (Field Post Office No.2 Caucasian Corps), addressed to Kamenetz-Pod., with Kiev transit and arrival pmk (30 Mar) on back, fine and extremely rare usage from Igdir or Bayazet (today Turkey) | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #4520 Armenia 1915-17 two postcards from Kars to Baku and Paris, with Russian military markings, one with Censor cachet, fine-v.f., extremely rare examples of the Russian military activities in Armenia during WWI | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4521 Armenia 1920 (3 Nov) registered cover to Tiflis, franked on back with HH Monogram surcharges, including 1r on 1k orange (block of four), pair of 3r on 3k, single 50r on 1r and 100r on 3.50r, all tied by Erivan departure pmks, with Tiflis arrival (5.11.20) on front and back, fine | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4522 Armenia 1921 (11 Feb) cover from Erivan, addressed to the editors of "Voice of Caucasus" in Tiflis, franked with 100r on 5r Romanov, used in combination with defective vertical strip of 5r on 5k lilac claret (cover roughly opened at right), backstamped on arrival (17.2.21), extremely rare example of the unissued and unlisted 5r Romanov with HH Monogram surcharge | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4523 Armenia 1922 (17 Oct) registered cover from Alexandropol to USA, franked on back with gold kopeck surcharges, 2k on 2r imperf. single, 4k on 1,000r imperf. pair and 5k on 50r perforated single and vertical pair, all tied by departure cds, showing the return address of G.Blackwell, Near East Relief Agency, Constantinople, with New York Registry (16 Nov) and Hamilton, N.J. (17 Nov) arrival pmks, rare usage from present-day Gyumri, extraordinary franking on cover Catalog #338,362,366a | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4524 Armenia 1922 (20 June) registered cover from Erivan to USA, franked on back with gold kopeck surcharges, 10k on 100r perforated strip of four, 2x10k on 2,000r imperf., with New York (July 22) and Boston (July 24) arrival pmks, some overall toning, rare usage Catalog #341,367 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #4525 Armenia Postal Stationery 1921 5r stationery card additionally surcharged "30 kop.", with Turkish stamp (portrait of the Sultan blocked out) added below, all canceled by "Kars 1 on 10.1.337" (1921) pmks, v.f., fine and rare souvenir of the official annexation of Kars | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #4526 Far Eastern Republic 1920 (2 June) Japanese picture postcard sent to Harbin, franked with 5r on 5k claret, tied by Chita railway cancel, with arrival (11.6.20) alongside, overall toning, extremely rare usage Catalog #N3 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #4527 Far Eastern Republic 1920 (14 July) cover headed "Swedish Red Cross" in Chita, addressed locally to the representative of the German Red Cross, franked with surcharged Ataman Semenov 3x5r on 5k claret and single 10r on 70k brown & orange, tied by Chita departure pmks, minor cover flaws, rare usage, signed Mikulski Catalog #N3,4 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4528 Far Eastern Republic 1921 (30 Jan) cover from Vladivostok to Constantinople, addressed to the agent of the Russian Volunteer Fleet in Galata, franked on reverse with 10k on 3.50r DVR overprint, tied by departure pmk, with transit markings of Shanghai (9 Feb), Port Taufiq (13.III), Alexandria (14.III) and arrival pmks, unusual destination | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4529 Far Eastern Republic 1921-23 collection on exhibit pages, 14 covers or cards, showing registered mail from Vladivostok, provisional government stationery card to Austria, Anniversary overprints on registered covers to Latvia, another used locally, Chita issue on postcard from Pervaya Rechka to Hamburg, also a registered cover from Petrovski Zavod to Moscow, Diederichs issue, one to Shanghai, etc. | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #4530 Georgia Georgian Consular Post Office in Constantinople 1921 (24 Jan) registered cover to Tiflis, franked with blue surcharge 7pi on 70k, tied by Constantinople departure pmk, repeated on back, assessed 20k Postage Due, with oval "Doplatit" and "20" inserted by hand, with arrival (7.2.21) pmk on front, fine and rare commercial usage from Georgian Consular Post Office in Constantinople, one of only a few genuine covers recorded | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4531 Georgia Georgian Consular Post Office in Constantinople 1921 (24 Feb) philatelic cover addressed to Tiflis, franked with nine different surcharges, tied by Constantinople pmks, filing folds away from the stamps | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4532 Berg Republic 1922 2k, 5k, 10k perforated, also 2k and 5k imperf. singles, used or unused, mounted on exhibit page along with a commercial cover franked with 5k and 10k Star overprints, tied by "Grozny-Tersk" (29.8.22) pmk, repeated at left, addressed to Gudauty Sukhum, with arrival (9.9.22) on front and on back, rare usage, signed Mikulski (with his expertising invoice from 1992 stating only 10 covers from Berg Republic are known) | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #4533 Berg Republic 1922 (31 Aug) registered "Dr.M.Brender" cover to Berlin, franked on back with 5k lilac single and two blocks of four, paying 45k rate, tied by Vladikavkaz departure cds, Moscow transit (7.IX.22) pmks, filing fold, partially through the stamps, fine early usage from Vladikavkaz, with provisional Berg Republic Star handstamps, signed Ursul (Vladikavkaz is one of the largest cities in the Russian Caucasus, along with Grozny, and was the capital of the Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which comprised most of today's Chechnya, North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria) | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #4534 South Russia 1918-20 collection of 20 covers or cards, neatly displayed and written-up on 12 exhibit pages, with registered mail from Taganrog to Rostov, from Nakhichevan to Novorossiysk, another from Novocherkassk, Civil War usages from the Crimean Peninsula, registered covers from Sevastopol, Yevpatoria, Simferopol, plus mail from Kuban, showing pmks of Armavir, Ekaterinodar, including rare usages of surcharges on Postal Savings stamps, plus Parcel cards with Denikin franking, mixed condition, good representation of the turbulent era | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #4535 RYUKYU ISLANDS 1914-26 (Forerunners), two cards used from Naha and Okinawa Gushikawa, fine and neatly displayed on exhibit page | Unsold |
 | Lot #4536 SAUDI ARABIA - Turkish Administration 1913-17 four covers or cards, including "Djedda" 20pa postal stationery card sent 18 Jan 1915 to Vienna, showing the only recorded example of the official negative seal used for censorship, another "Djedda" departure pmks on Registered parcel tag to Zanzibar, 1916 postcard from Medina, sent 27 Feb 1916 to a Turkish doctor in Berlin, with large Ottoman Red Crescent Society Medina Hospital Post Office cachet (one of only two recorded), plus a cover sent by a Turkish officer from Medina to Istanbul, with special seal cachet of the Medina Wireless Telegraph Post Office (only recorded example) | Price Realized $5,750.00 |
 | Lot #4537 SAUDI ARABIA - Turkish Administration 1916 selection of five covers and additional stamps on pieces, neatly displayed on exhibit pages, showing some of the most elusive markings from Hejaz, including large piece of a money order franked with 20pa red brown tied by a clear "Taif" pmk, postal card from "Tebouk" (the northernmost station on the Hejaz line), picture postcard to Beylerbey, with octagonal pmk of "Mekke", negative military seal of the "Hejaz Command" and censor hs, with arrival pmk, another postcard sent by a Turkish soldier from Mecca to Medina, negative seal of "Mecca of the Revered, Headquarters Command", plus cover and card from Medina to Istanbul, the latter with Damascus-Medina TPO mark, mixed condition, rare O | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #4538 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1917 Picture postcard of Cairo sent as "Souvenir de la Mission Militaire Francaise du Hedjaz 1916-1917" message, with blue "Base Militaire Francaise De Suez" cachet, sent during the period when the Expeditionary Corps was forming in Egypt | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4539 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1917 (6 June) Tresor et Postes 601, cover sent from Hejaz to the French Army Base in Port Said, with military departure cds and violet authorized cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise Au Hedjaz / Le Chef de Mission", fine and rare cover, only a few recorded from this military campaign (Although the contribution of the French in Arabia during WWI is not as well known as that of the British, they played an important part in the war on the Hejaz Railway. Established in 1916 under the command of Col. Bremond, the French Military Mission (40 officers and 1,000 Muslim troops from North Africa) operated in all sectors of the Hejaz Railway. French units were attached to the southern armies of Princes Ali and Abdullah in the Hejaz, as well as to the northern army under Prince Faisal. The artillery battery of Captain Rosario Pisani provided vital support for the Bedouin in their attacks against the well entrenched and heavily armed Ottoman defenders. Pisani's units took part in several raids with T.E. Lawrence and made up part of the great offensive push to capture Damascus at the end of the war) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4540 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (18 Apr) Tresor et Postes 601, cover to France, with violet authorized cachet "Mission B.- Detachement de Yambo/Le Chef de Detachement" , franked with five different Hejaz stamps, tied by bilingual Ottoman "Yambo" pmks, showing return address of Sgt. Rachid "Mission du Hedjaz par S.P. 601 Jerusalem", with Villemonble (11.6.18) arrival pmk | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #4541 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (14 Feb) Tresor et Postes 601, cover sent from Hejaz to Port Said, with military departure cds and violet authorized cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise Au Hedjaz / Le Chef de Detachement", large "F" (French) handstamp, with British Army Post Office transit and Port Said (16.II.18) arrival pmks on back, filing fold, fine and rare usage | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4542 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (25 Sep) Tresor et Postes 601, cover endorsed "F.M.", sent from Hejaz to Lyon, with military departure cds and violet authorized cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise Au Hedjaz / Le Chef de Mission", with emblematic "France" in center, return address "Mission Mil.au Hedjaz par Secteur 601 Armee L'Orient", very rare | Unsold |
 | Lot #4543 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (27 Feb) Tresor et Postes 601, picture postcard from a medical officer in Hejaz, with military departure cds and red authorized cachet "Le Medicin Major Mission Francaise Au Hedjaz", fine | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4544 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (June) cover from Mecca to Paris, franked with 1pi blue, tied by all-Arabic departure pmk, violet "M.M.F.Hedjaz" (French Military Mission) Fieldpost handstamp, "Djedda" and Port Said transit pmks, arriving Rosny sous Bois (21.7.18), filing fold away from the stamp, fine and highly unusual usage through the civil post office in Mecca | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4545 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (Apr) Tresor et Postes 601, cover endorsed "F.M. CSRG Mission Militaire de Hedjaz Yambo SP 601", sent to Gironde, with blue authorized cachet "Mission Militaire Au Hedjaz / Parc D'Artillerie" and "Ambulance / Le Medicine-Chef" in black, fine and previously unrecorded Artillery Instruction cachet used by a small French detachment sent to Yambo (at the time, a minor port on the Red Sea) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4546 SAUDI ARABIA - Hejaz 1921 (Dec) cover franked with 1/2pi and 1pi Hejazi stamps, sent to Egypt, with bilingual "Djedda" and Port Tawfik arrival pmks on back, cover faults, markings intact | Unsold |
 | Lot #4547 SAUDI ARABIA - Hejaz Military Mail 1925 (20 Mar) picture postcard sent by a sailor on the "Schiaffino", via its on board post office to a colleague at the headquarters of the naval base at Spezia, Italy, v.f., unusual "forces abroad" usage in Jeddah. (In 1924, the Wahhabis under Ibn Saud (the Sultan of Nejd) invaded Hejaz and in the following year took control of the country, forcing the abdication of Amir Hussein. Due to internal unrest, the Italian government grew concerned about the safety of its nationals in Hejaz and sent the destroyer "Schiaffino" to Jeddah to "show the flag". This warship remained in the area from February to April 1925) | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4548 SERBIA 1900-26 Turkish Administration. Collection on exhibit pages, 16 covers or cards, showing pmks of cities and small villages in Serbia, including "Pirlepe", "Resne", "Uskub", "Monastir", "Doyuran", "Korchova", "Krouschova", "Neveska", "Ochri", "Priboy", "Tachlidja", "Pizrend" (Kosovo Region, rated as "very rare" by C&W), "Kara Tova", plus many other pmks on pieces, some extremely rare. Also included is a cover from "Kolachine" (Montenegro) | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #4549 SERBIA 1909 bilingual postal card with "Zubeftsche" pmk, Ottoman franking, tied by bilingual pmk, with Enver Pasha's portrait, fine and colorful item, signed Nakri | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4550 SERBIA 1901-03 King Alexander, unissued 1 Para carmine rose, imperforate essay on thin, ungummed paper, h.r., v.f., signed Velickovic, with his 1987 certificate (the issued stamps of this series consisted of nine denominations ranging from 5 Para to 5 Dinar. Essays of 1 Para stamp were prepared for potential use on newspapers. However, this value was never issued, possibly because King Alexander was assassinated in 1903) E | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4551 SERBIA 1903 King Alexander, unissued 1pa-5d, ten different, first eight perforated, with gum, last two imperf., without gum, some minor flaws, mostly fine-v.f. Prior to Alexander's assassination in 1903, a new set of stamps, more pleasing to the king, was designed and printed in France for issuance on the Royal Birthday. The stamps were shipped to Belgrade, but never released (without the subsequent surcharges) *(*) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4552 SERBIA 1913 3d yellow, bottom sheet margin interpanneu single, canceled "Belgrad 7.7.14 Preporuke" cds, v.f., signed Diena. (The 3 dinar yellow depicting King Peter in a military cap is the scarcest of all stamps of Kingdom of Serbia in used condition. Most of the stamps printed were not placed on sale and destroyed during World War I), O Catalog #127 Catalog Value $ 1,750 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4553 SERBIA Serbo-Turkish War 1876 (5 Oct) 10 para (Prince Milan) stationery card (Second issue) for internal mail, uprated with 10 para red brown (IVth printing), addressed to Samara, Russia, canceled by "Vojena Posta 4" FPO 4 cds, to pay correct postage fee of 20 para for postal stationery card sent abroad, boxed in Cyrillic "Vojena Posta" (Military Mail) handstamp, Moscow (14 Oct) transit and Samara (23 Oct) arrival pmks, card reduced at top, with minor additional flaws, otherwise fine and extraordinary military usage to Russia, sent during the Serbo-Turkish War | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4554 SERBIA Serbo-Turkish War 1876-78 collection of 24 covers or cards, Military mail showing FPOs 1,2,4,5,6,8, HQ handstamps, Sumadija Kor, Timok Kor & Pirot cds, used stationery postal cards with various military handstamps, money letter and mail abroad (Russia, Austria), cover from the Royal Serbian War Ministry to Vienna, mail to and from annexed territory, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine. A highly interesting lot of this elusive material | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #4555 SERBIA Serbo-Turkish War 1877 (17 Sep)10 para stationery card (slightly reduced at top), uprated with 10 para Prince Milan (IV printing) tied by "Sabac" cds and sent to Napoli. The return address in manuscript shows "Army of the Brzna, Italian Legion, Belgrade", with a complete message describing the difficulties of the campaign and hoping for an end to the fighting. Unusual and rare item from an Italian volunteer Garibaldi Legion in Serbia during the Serbo-Turkish War, card folded in the middle, minor flaws | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4556 SERBIA Serbo-Turkish War 1878 (8 Aug) Military stationery card uprated with 20 para Prince Milan (IV printing), tied by the military "Vojena Posta Prokuplje" cds, addressed to Austria, with transits of Military HQ and Civilian Post Office at Belgrade, "Maurer" 24.9.77 arrival pmk on front. A rare example of mail sent abroad during the Serbo-Turkish War | Unsold |
 | Lot #4557 SERBIA French Forces in Serbia 1916 cover and card of French Aviation Mission in the Serbian Army showing "Tresor et Postes 502" and "Aviation Francaise de L'Armee Serbe", "Escadrille No.91-S Le Chef D'Escadrille" cachets, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #4558 SERBIA French Forces in Serbia 1917 (27 July) cover headed "Cercle des Intimes - Salonique", sent from Monastir (Bitolj) to the Commandant of the French Escadrille 525, with the Serbian Army on the Salonica front bearing previously unrecorded (!) cachet "Commission Secours De Monastir Necessiteaux Israelites" (Commission to aid Jewish needy of Monastir), cover somewhat ragged, backflap missing, but surely unique and historical item (at the turn of 20th century, Monastir's Jewish population reached nearly 11,000. During World War I, Monastir suffered two years of bombardment and invasions. More than 5,000 Monastir Jews fled their homes and lived as refugees in the surrounding area. When the war was over, Monastir's Jews numbered just over 3,000) | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #4559 SLOVAKIA 1939 "Cesko-Slovensko", 60h (Milan Stefanik) die proof in dark carmine on card, engraved by Bohumil Heinz, pencil signed by him on back, v.f., rare (Bohumil Heinz (1894-1940) was a Czech graphic artist and engraver, known especially as the author of many postage stamps and banknotes) P | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4560 SLOVAKIA 1939 "Cesko-Slovensko", Andrej Hlinka, unoverprinted 50h green (perf.10 1/2) and 1kr carmine (perf.10 1/2 x 12), n.h., fine-v.f., rare ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #4561 SLOVAKIA 1939-45 a complete 10-frame (160 pages) exhibit collection on pages, 250+ covers and stationery cards, starting with a card from Racistorf to Brno, used 14.III.39 (First day of "Independent Slovak State"), censored cover from Bratislava to Barcelona, covers with Czechoslovak definitives and Air Post stamps used in Slovakia, other forerunners, covers with the blue reprinted Stefanik stamps, three covers with the complete set of overprints to 10kr, extensive Hlinka stationery cards with various pmks, Registry markings, mail from Annexed territory (Jurgow, a town in Spisz, Poland), Slovak censor markings, Railway and Postal Bus pmks, Slovak Military Mail from units on the Eastern and on the Italian Fronts, Slovak occupation of Ukraine cover from Goloha-Pristan, German Fieldpost in Slovakia, mail from Camps for German children, Postage Dues, various destinations, many to Bohemia and Moravia, Serbia, USA, etc. A superb in-depth study and presentation | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #4562 SYRIA 1910 cover to USA, franked on back with horizontal strip of 4x10pa green, tied by bilingual "KATANA" pmks, with 7.12.1910 Beirut transit, fine and scarce usage under Turkish Administration, from a small town, signed Nakri | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #4563 SYRIA 1918 (4 Dec) registered cover to France, with 2pi EEF franking, tied by Army Post Office SZ22 departure pmk, sent from Aleppo, with Arab Governor Aleppo seal, "Passed by Censor No.10" hs, additional strikes on back, also "Opened by Censor" label and Lyon arrival pmk. During the British presence in Syria, civilian mail was franked with Egyptian Expeditionary Force adhesives (used there from 21 Sep 1918 to 23 Feb 1922) | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4564 SYRIA 1919 (23 Nov) cover from Damascus to Cairo, single 1pi E.E.F. franking, tied by bilingual "DAMAS" cds, with "Churia" Cairo arrival on back | Unsold |
 | Lot #4565 SYRIA 1924-43 collection of 47 covers or cards on exhibit pages, various usages and frankings, including overprinted French stamps, Air Post, Commemorative issues, Free-French Forces in Syria, Official and Military Mail, covers from Alexandretta and Alawite Territory, including Air Post and Official "Territoire Autonome de Alaouites" cover, 1930s covers from Djebel Druze lands, Euphrates Territory, Latakia, military mail, etc., mixed condition, excellent collection of Syrian Postal History | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4566 SYRIA Military Mail 1919 (22 May) "OAS" cover to Alexandria, Army Post Office "SZ62", censor cachet and backstamped "Military Post Office Alexandria" (27 May,19) on arrival, roughly opened at top, fine. The British Military Post Office SZ62 was set up in Damascus where it operated until 24 June, 1919, closing when Syria was turned over to the French authority | Unsold |
 | Lot #4567 SYRIA Military Mail 1919 (26 Mar) registered cover mailed by a Captain Davidson to a Lieut. Roper in Alexandria, franked with pair of 1pi E.E.F. Mandate stamps, tied by bilingual ALEP departure pmk, censored, showing several markings on back, including Arab Governor Aleppo hs, delivered "Alexandria" and "Field Post Office SZ11, 9 Apr" (Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria) arrival, filing fold away from the stamps, very scarce registered cover with EEF franking from Aleppo | Unsold |
 | Lot #4568 SYRIA Military Mail 1919 (9 Feb) picture postcard to England, with "Field Post Office D.C.5" (Feb 9 1919) departure pmk, fine (FPO DC 5 (HQ 5th Cavalry Division) operated in Aleppo from 26th Oct 1918 to 3 Mar 1919) | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4569 SYRIA Issues of the Arabian Government 1920 (8 Mar) cover with a stamp of the Arab Government overprinted for the proclamation of the Kingdom, canceled by violet bilingual "DAMAS" cds, filing folds away from the stamp, fine usage (An Arab government for eastern Syria was established in Damascus in 1919, and Emir Feisal (formerly of Hejaz) was crowned King on 8 March 1920) | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #4570 SYRIA Kilis - Provisional Issue 1921 1p violet, tied by Kilis departure pmk on cover sent via Aleppo (10.2.21) to Galata, with arrival (1.III.21) on back, filing folds away from the stamp, fine and rare commercially used cover (in 1923, Kilis was returned to Turkey) | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4571 SYRIA French Occupation 1919-20 collection of nine covers or cards on exhibit pages, with Tresor et Postes 600 cover with EEF franking from Beirut to France, handstamped "Trupes Francaise de Levant Maisons des officiers", others include "Tripoli-Syrie", "Djon (Liban)" pmks, official mail with "Haut Commissariat de La Republique Francaise en Syrie et en Armenie" and "Haut Commissariat de La Republique Francaise en Syrie" cachets, also a card from Beirut with cachet of "Network Commission in Syria-Cilicia", registered cover "Tresor et Postes 601" sent by a Sergeant in the "Armenian Legion" (very rare), etc. | Unsold |
 | Lot #4572 SYRIA French Occupation 1920-23 collection of 34 covers or cards on exhibit pages, "T.E.O." (Occupied Enemy Territory) overprints, various frankings, origins and destinations, registered mail from Alexandretta, Beirut, "O.M.F." (French Military Occupation) overprints, covers from Broumana and Alexandretta, Official mail with "Palmyre" marking, mail from small villages (Alie, Djadj, Saidnail), overprints on Arab Government Stamps, mail from Damascus, Currency Depreciation Issue, surcharged 1pi stamp with red control mark on cover to England (very rare), Air Mail franking, including specially created handstamps (one coverfront), Military Mail from various Tresor et Postes FPOs, unusual "Legion Syrienne 1er Escadron Libanais" cachet, Naval Mail, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine or better | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #4573 THAILAND Military Mail 1918 (Aug) picture postcard ("La Bravoure de nos Fusiliers Marins") from France to Bangkok, with a good "Corps D'Aviation Siamois/En Europe/9 8/19 (Wings)" cachet in violet, Istres cds, endorsed "F.M.", some toning, otherwise fine and extremely rare, previously unrecorded marking from Siamese pilots under training in France, mounted on exhibit page, along with another card sent by a Siamese student at the military aviation school to Siamese Military Mission in Paris, forwarded to "Groupement Siamois/T.M,885" | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4574 TURKEY Military Stamps 1898 two covers franked with stamps issued for the Army in Thessaly, one with the complete set of five, canceled "Larissa (Yenidje)", the other with vertical gutter pair of 20pa rose, canceled by bilingual "Larissa" cds, paying the letter rate to Erzurum (Anatolia), rare commercial usage, signed Nakri, with his certificate Catalog #M1-5 | Unsold |
| Lot #4575 TURKEY Military Stamps NO LOT | Unsold | |
 | Lot #4576 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Armenia 1914 unmailed Russian picture postcard (Vladivostok), with Turkish 20pa Landscape, tied by Ottoman Fieldpost Office 34 operating in Russian Armenia, with provisional bilingual "Ardanoudsce" 22.11.14 pmk in violet, signed Nakri. A fine and only recorded example of this marking from today's Ardanuc, a town in Artvin Province in Turkey's Black Sea region, 32 km east of Artvin | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4577 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Armenia 1914 Russian picture postcard (Skyline of the Batum district of the city of Artvin) to Constantinople, franked with Russian 7k blue, tied by violet all-Arabic negative seal "Artvin Kymakamligi 7 Tesrini sani 1339" (Artvin Government 20 Nov 1914), repeated alongside, fine, with 2002 Nakri certificate ("This is the only recorded item used during the first days of the occupation bearing Russian stamp tied by Artvin temporary post seal") (Artvin (now located in northeastern Turkey 30km from the Black Sea) was annexed by Russia following Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78. The town was mostly inhabited by Armenians. In the early days of WWI, Turkey seized Artvin, which was later retaken by the Russians, who subsequently withdrew following the 1917 Revolution. When WWI ended with the Ottomans on the losing side, British troops moved into the area in 1918, followed by Democratic Republic of Georgia, which was than invaded by the Soviet Red Army. Artvin was eventually ceded to newly established Turkey under the Treaty of Kars in 1921) | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #4578 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Armenia 1915 Ottoman stationery 20pa postal card sent from Artvin to Marash City (in the Halep Province), showing provisional bilingual departure pmk "Artvin 4 Kanunievvel 1330" (17 December 1914) and "Halep" 2 27 Jan 1915 arrival cds alongside, fine example of the rare Artvin provisional pmk, one of only three recorded, signed Nakri, with his 2002 certificate. Also included is a piece with three Turkish stamps bearing the same Artvin pmk | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4579 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Armenia 1918 Ottoman 20pa stationery entire envelope to Kerkuk, additionally franked with 20pa carmine and diagonal half of same, tied by two strikes of FPO 30, fieldpost office in "Gyumri" pmks, with the negative censor marking of the Chief surgeon of the 21st Caucasian Mobile hospital, "Diarbekir" transit on front, "Sivas" and Kerkuk arrival pmks on back. Interesting application of the 20pa bisect, used due to the shortage of 10pa stamps in the HQ of the Caucasian Army. Apparently, the only recorded cover from Gyumri. In addition, there is a military free frank from "Kars", showing a circular censor strike alongside | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #4580 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Azerbaijan 1918 cover (with letter of contents) with Ottoman franking (partly covering a double-eagle censor handstamp with Cyrillic markings), canceled by negative FPO 62 pmk, sent from Nakhichevan, via Tabriz to Istanbul's Uskudar, with star and crescent "Commander of the 9th Caucasian division", showing sender's address of "9th Caucasian Division, Head Veterinarian, Major Luft Bey", fine and extraordinary usage from Nakhichevan, with Pulhan certificate | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #4581 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Georgia 1918 picture postcard (Tiflis) franked with Ottoman adhesives, canceled FPO, sent by a Turkish officer (hence requiring the payment of postage and the postal tax) from the Georgian capital to Kizil-Toprak, boxed censor handstamp, fine (usage possible for only a brief period at the end of WWI) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4582 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Georgia 1918 cover with Ottoman franking, mailed by an officer in the 13th Caucasian Division to Aleppo, with "Batum 1" military pmk, boxed censor handstamp, Istanbul transit and arrival pmks on back. Also a small piece with Turkish adhesives, canceled "Tchourouk-Sou" (located between Batum and Tiflis), fine and rare pair, neatly displayed on exhibit page | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4583 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Batum 1918 Ottoman Money Order transfer form, sending 6,000 piasters to Istanbul (small piece of the form missing at bottom), franked on both sides and paying 23.5 piasters with 18x50pa and 2x20pa (one faulty) stamps, the ones on back tied by military all Arabic "Batum 2" (15 Sep) pmks, three stamps on front with "Batum 1", with all Arabic "Besiktas 1" arrival applied on both sides, with 2002 Nakri certificate ("This is the only recorded full money order from Batum during the Turkish occupation") | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #4584 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Batum 1918 Ottoman Parcel card used to send a package from 10th Caucasian division on 12 June, 1918 by Commander Captain "Garif" at Field Post Office No.57, located at "Leghva" to Istanbul, paying 9.20 piastres with 20pa, 5pia and block of 4x1pia, all tied by Field Post Office 57 pmks and showing "Batum 7" on reverse along with Istanbul 25 July 1918 arrival, with 2002 Nakri certificate ("This is the only recorded entire showing FPO 57 used in Georgia and the only recorded item showing Batum 7 cancelation") | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
 | Lot #4585 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Batum 1918 selection of seven pieces with Ottoman franking, canceled Batum 1 through Batum 8 (without Batum 4), trial pmks prepared for potential branch offices in Batum, fine and very rare group O | Unsold |
 | Lot #4586 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Persia 1916-18 selection of 4 covers or cards on exhibit pages, with postcard showing Fieldpost Office Hamadan pmk (the only recorded example of this use from the Ottoman military post office), another postcard sent through FPO 47 at Hamadan (Shawarim in Turkish), sent by a Turkish officer to his son in Istanbul, franked with 20pa+10pa (correct postcard rate of 20pa plus 10pa war tax), canceled by all-Arabic circular with belt for date and vertical bars in segments "Sahra Postasi 47-5.7.19932 = Field Post 47-18.9.1916", confirmed "Hamadan" endorsement alongside, with crescent censor mark of Baghdad and Istanbul arrival pmk (Nakri certificate" "a magnificent exhibition item of the highest caliber and undoubted highlight of Persian and Turkish philately"). In addition, there is a 20pa stationery entire envelope used from "Mahabad" (Nakri certificate: "A magnificent exhibition item"), plus a Russian stationery card used from "Hoy" to Balikesir, with negative Field Post office 28 seal, Ottoman censor mark (Nakri Opinion report: "this is the only recorded item from Hoy city during the Ottoman occupation, also the only recorded FPO negative seal used outside of Turkey"). With additional pieces showing mixed Turkish and Iranian adhesives, which might have originated from covers sent by Turkish officers who did not enjoy free-franking privileges | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #4587 TURKEY Ottoman Empire - "Lost Territories" postmarks 1900-12 collection on exhibit pages, showing some Arabic and Ottoman markings on 17 covers and cards used in "Tachlidja" (Montenegro), "Tripoli d'Afrique" (Benghazi), "Derna", "Masrata", "Adjilat", "Homs", "Rhodes" and "Rhodes (Echelle)", "Leros", "Patnos", "Kalymnos", "Nissyros", "Stankeui", plus countless others on pieces, some "extremely rare" | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #4588 UKRAINE 1918-23 collection of 20 covers or cards, neatly displayed and written-up on 15 exhibit pages, Shahiv stamps, including 30sh on postcard from Kiev to Kharkov, registered cover from "Sviatye Gori" to Enakievo, Trident overprints, different types from Enakievo, Korsun-Sadki, Kharkov, Kiev, including violet and red overprints on Romanov stamps, Odessa, Podolia, Poltava, with money orders from Zinkov, Kamenetz-Podolsk, also from Gomel and Kalinkovichi. There are some unused stamps, as well as a Money Order with "RUB" overprints, registered from Kharkov to Tver, plus 1923 Famine Relief Semi Postals set of four, used in combination with RSFSR franking on registered cover from Kharkov to Valencia, Spain. An excellent nucleus for further expansion | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #4589 WESTERN UKRAINE 1918 (21 Nov) cover to Kalusz, franked with 20h light green, provisional Lviv overprint, tied by bilingual Stanislawow departure pmk, minor wear, otherwise fine. A rarity on cover, signed Mikulski Catalog #4A | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4590 WESTERN UKRAINE 1918-19 cover and card from Lviv to Slovita and from Kamionka-Strumilova to Vienna, each with Austrian franking, showing provisional undated departure datestamp, the card with censored handstamp, both neatly displayed on an exhibit page | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #4591 WESTERN UKRAINE 1919 (21 Mar) registered cover from Stanyslaviv to Proskurov, franked with two pairs of 50sh carmine Ukrainian National Republic currency stamps, tied by bilingual Stanislawow departure pmks, with corresponding Registry and Expres labels, violet "Ekonomat Direct. Pocht" with trident & "Poburenny" director's handstamps, filing fold and minor cover wear, fine and extraordinary usage of Kiev's Ukrainian Currency stamps on mail in Western Ukraine, signed Mikulski | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4592 WESTERN UKRAINE 1919 registered cover addressed to the Provincial Court in Kolomyia, franked with 4x5h unoverprinted Austrian stamps, used with 30sot Registry adhesive, canceled by bilingual Kolomyia cds, filing fold away from the stamps, backflap missing and other cover defects, signed Mikulski | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #4593 WESTERN UKRAINE 1919 (28 Apr) cover franked with single 6sh orange on front and overprinted Bosnian Postage Dues 2sh (2), 4sh and 7sh on back, used locally in Stanislaviv, filing folds, otherwise fine Catalog #11,30,32,35 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4594 WESTERN UKRAINE 1919 (17 May) patriotic Ukrainian postcard franked with single 20sh green, used locally in Stanislaviv, little toning, otherwise fine Catalog #15 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4595 WESTERN UKRAINE 1919 (23 May) registered cover from Kolomyia to Stanislaviv, franked with horizontal strip of 4x5sot on 15h, pair of 10sot on 3h and 50sot Registry label, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and rare combination Catalog #5,6,F2 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4596 WESTERN UKRAINE 1919 two registered covers used locally in Stanislaviv, franked with both low and high values, v.f., displayed on an exhibit page Catalog #81/94 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #4597 WESTERN UKRAINE Romanian Occupation of Pokutia 1919 registered cover from Kolomyia to Pechenizhyn, franked on back with C.M.T. surcharges on 15h and 50h, tied by Kolomyia cds, with Austrian Registry label on front, faint but clear Romanian Censor handstamp, filing fold away from the stamps, rare usage, signed Mikulski | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4598 YEMEN 1900 20pa Ottoman stationery card with additional franking, sent from Sanaa to Taiz , with clear departure and arrival pmks, fine and scarce usage, signed Nakri | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4599 YEMEN 1900-15 Ottoman Administration, selection of cancels, mostly on pieces, Sanaa, Souk-ul-Hammiss, Taiz and Zeidie, fine O | Unsold |
 | Lot #4600 YEMEN 1900-18 two covers with Ottoman franking, one from Hodeida to Trieste, with smaller town pmk, the other from "Moka", franked on back with 1pi ultramarine, tied by bilingual departure cds, Suez transit and Paris arrival pmks (the espresso coffee drink was named after this city by the Italian engineer inventor Alfonso Bialetti in 1933. At the time Mocha was a famous leading producer and trader of coffee worldwide with a history going back 500 years, and also became known for its unique Yemini wild Mocha coffee beans). Also included are stamps, two on pieces, showing good strikes of "Beit Berich", "Lahie", "Menahe", "Hodeida" and "Hudeida", neatly displayed on two exhibit pages | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #4601 YEMEN 1911 (21 Oct) registered cover to Egypt, franked on back with Ottoman 2x20pa and 1pi, tied by bilingual "Beit-ul-Fakih" departure cds, with Registry box and 19 Dec 1911 arrival datestamp on front, fine, previously unrecorded usage from Beit-ul-Fakih | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #4602 YEMEN 1913 (20 Aug) picture postcard to France, single 10pa franking with bilingual "CAMARAN" departure pmk, Port Tafiq transit pmks, fine usage from Camaran island, signed Nakri | Unsold |
 | Lot #4603 YEMEN 1914 (19 Oct) picture postcard (Pyramids) to England, with single 20pa franking, tied by "SALIF (Yemen)" departure pmk, fine usage from Yemen (shortly before Turkey entered the war on 2nd November, 1914) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4604 YEMEN 1915 (15 July) official "Administration Sanitaire de L'Empire Ottoman" cover, sent from Hodeida to Kamaran Island, forwarded to Salif, delivery attempted but unsuccessful and cover returned to sender, three months later, fine, with clear markings on both sides | Unsold |
 | Lot #4605 YEMEN 1928 (Mar) registered cover franked with 2 1/2b black and 2 1/2b black on orange, sent by Lt.Colonel Corazzini of the Italian Military Mission in San'a to his wife in Italy, paying internal postage to Italian Eritrea where two adhesives were added to pay for further transmission to Bologna, with Massaua Registry label at bottom, transit and arrival pmks, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and rare cover (a small force of Italian officers was sent to Yemen in the late 1920s as military advisors to help the Imam's troops put down tribal unrest. As a non-UPU country, letters from Yemen to overseas destinations were required to have additional stamps of a UPU country) | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #4606 YUGOSLAVIA Occupation Issues 1941-43 selection of 16 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing forerunners of Italian Occupation, with cards from Sibenik, Split, Cetinje, Ljubljana, Field Post 40 from Bihac, registered cover from Topolo, censored mail from Dubrovnik to Belgrade, FPO markings from Croatia (Mostar, Ragusa and Karlovac), Military Headquarters Zagreb and FPO 100 (Niksic) markings, 1941 mail from Knin and Senj, "Italo-Croat Boundary Commission" card from FPO at Susak, another with mixed Italian and Croatian stamps, mail from FPO 47 at Karlovac to Firenze, mixed condition, occasional faults noted, mostly fine-v.f. | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4607 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES - Covers and Postal History 1914-50 accumulation of 1,200+ covers and cards in carton, United States Military, American Expeditionary Force WWI, APOs, censor markings, WWII, official mail, foreign postage, unusual destinations, interesting frankings, including a good showing of 1938 Prexies, also Flights, Postage Dues and much more. Acquired years ago, mostly one by one, many with the original descriptions and prices paid, left intact for further study and research, mixed condition, solid assembly | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #4608 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS AUSTRIA 1914-16 collection of 500 picture postcards, mostly Official cards for the Red Cross/War Welfare Office/War Relief Office, various artists, military units, New Year's greetings, landscapes, etc., each with a different serial number, used and unused, some with franking, censor cachets, destinations and different origins, mixed condition, mostly fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #4609 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CROATIA 1940-44 selection of 30 covers or cards on exhibit pages, with Anti-Soviet and Anti-Semitic propaganda cards, War Art exhibition, Wilhelm Busch commemorative postmarks in red and in blue (both very rare), etc. | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4610 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FINLAND 1940-63 accumulation of 400 covers and cards, mostly WWII military mail, propaganda cards, Karelia overprints on cover, postal stationery, commercial mail, censored and registry markings and much more, including military mail from 1963 and 1983 franked with the "Faltpost" labels. A fascinating holding, with excellent potential | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #4611 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMAN COLONIES 1889-1914 balance of collection on 22 Exhibit pages, with covers and cards from Mariana Islands, including "Sydney-Hong Kong Seepost" and "Jaluit-Line Seepost" cards, Marshall Islands, registered covers from Jaluit, TPOs from China, Kiautschau, with maritime and Tsingtau-Kiautschou, Tsingtau-Weihsien, Tsingtau-Tsinanfu Bahnpost markings, Cameroons, with "Kameroun/Biafrakuste" pmk, also "Bonaberi-Nkongsamba Bahnpost", "Deutsches Schutzgebiet" (German Protectorate) markings on mail from the Colonies to Germany, German Offices in Turkey, with "Send No Food to Turkey" handstamps, cards from Samoa, German New Guinea, Marshall Islands Atoll Post, etc. | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #4612 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY - WWII Postal History 1933-45 Commemorative and Semi-Postal Issues of the Third Reich, exhibit on 145 pages, showing 275+ covers and cards, special postmarks, complete sets on cover, including many better items (Wagner Operas complete set on registered cover), also Bohemia & Moravia, Generalgouvernement Occupation of Poland, Olympics and Zeppelin pmks, Brown-Ribbon Horse Races, souvenir sheets, Hitler's Birthday, Nazi Party propaganda and slogans, etc., colorful and attractive assembly | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #4613 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY - WWII Postal History 1940-45 balance of the large exhibit showing mail from German Occupied "Low Countries", 28 covers or cards from Netherlands, "Deutsche Dienstpost" official and business correspondence, used as early as 2 June, 1943, registered mail from Amsterdam, one with Hitler's Birthday cachet, parcel card from the Dienstpost office in the Hague, others used from Rotterdam, Utrecht, Arnhem, Dutch National Socialist Party covers, one with a patriotic label, another with "NSDAP in den Niederlanden" cachet; Belgium, covers from Bruxelles, Brugge, Eupen-Malmedy, including Parcel card with German franking, mail from smaller towns in the area which were ceded to Germany, Kapellen, Andeflues; Luxembourg, including specially prepared Deutsche Dienstpost markings, registered mail with overprinted Luxembourg stamps, postal stationery, propaganda cards | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4614 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY - WWII Postal History 1941-45 balance of the collection on exhibit pages, 100+ covers and cards from German Occupied Serbia, Lithuania, Estonia, Soviet Union, Poland, Macedonia, Latvia, censored mail from Laibach, Greece, Adria, Ukraine, with better frankings, commercial mail, postal stationery, parcel cards and much more. Every item has been chosen for this exhibit with a specific purpose, neatly described, occasional stamps included. A solid collection, well suited for expansion or break-up | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #4615 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GREAT BRITAIN Military Mail 1900-19 balance of an exhibit on pages, showing 27 covers and cards used from British Intervention Forces in China during Boxer Rebellion, British Navy in the Baltics in 1919, including "OAS" card from Estonia, Naval Mail from Latvia, APO Y1 from Turkey, Italy, FPO No.11 from Sinho, China (faulty cover with Hong Kong and C.E.F. franking to India), FPO 9 (Yangtsun), FPO 5 (Shanghai), FPO 6 (Shanhaikuan), FPO1 (Peking), British Navy in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, including a postcard addressed to an "Observing Officer" of the non-intervention-board in Palermo, British Forces in Ethiopia, including mail from the Abyssinia Contingent, British Ambulance Service, British Forces Sudan, Albania, Dardanelles, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Austria, also a cover used 1901 from Pretoria to Port Elizabeth, all with detailed descriptions, mostly fine or better. An unusual opportunity to obtain a solid jumpstart for expansion, each item here is normally offered individually | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #4616 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - FORMER RUSSIAN REPUBLICS 1920-23 collection on 21 exhibit pages, including Azerbaijan (12 covers or cards), showing high value surcharges, Transcaucasian Federated Republic, late usage from Tiflis to Trebizond, registered cover from Alexandropol to USA; Batum (four covers or cards with British Occupation overprints); Georgia (10 covers or cards), various combination frankings, usages from Poti, Kutaisi, Manglis, Telavi, etc.; Armenia (three covers or cards), registered mail, stationery cards and lettersheets, occasional stamps and trial color proofs, mixed condition, mostly fine or better | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #4617 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - Covers and Postal History 1918-22 selection of 13 covers or cards on exhibit pages, early RSFSR, registered covers with new definitives, Air Mail 45r on cover, Star surcharges, plus 1923 USSR Agriculture Exhibition on cover, fine lot | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4618 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS TURKEY 1880-1917 Ottoman Empire, collection of Turkish stamps used in former Yugoslavia, neatly identified on pages, with clear markings Bosnia, Mostar, Novi bazar, Uskub, Monastir, Bitolj, Prizerin, etc. In addition, there are Turkish stamps used in Bulgaria, Yemen, etc. O | Unsold |
 | Lot #4619 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS TURKEY 1895-1916 Postal History collection of 100+ covers or cards from the Ottoman Empire, covering various areas, including Rhodes, Thrace, Dedeagatch, Adana, Angora, Alexandretta, Azizie, Bakdjedjik, plus many others arranged alphabetically through Zoungouldak, many registered and censored items, some attractively franked, mixed condition, excellent lot for a specialist | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #4620 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS TURKEY 1900-18 selection of 65+ covers or cards, various origins and destinations, different Ottoman frankings, usages include "Eregli", "Osmanie-Thasos" (faulty card), "Amasia", "Bzebdin" (Lebanon) to Mexico, also Samos, Aleppo, Uskub, Scutari, Halki, Brouse, Prinkipo, Damascus, Adana, Beyrouth, Smyrna, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine markings, acquired many years ago ($50-$200 price range) | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #4621 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS and POSTAL HISTORY "Where in the World", 1900s-40 philatelic geography lesson, with 24 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing use of stamps from A to Z countries and territories, with Spanish Colonies, registered cover from Aguera to Holland, covers from Batum, Carpatho Ukraine (1939 cover from Chust to Budapest), Danzig (Port Gdansk registered cover to Lodz), Elobey (cover to Hamburg), Fezzan, Graham Island, Hatay, Inini, Jersey (WWII German Occupation Fieldpost cover to France), Latakia, Memel, Oltra Giuba (registered cover to Rome), Pakhoi (registered cover to Hanoi), Quelimane (1918 censored card to South Africa), Rouad (censored cover to Cairo), St. Pierre & Miquelon, Tete (censored cover to USA), Upper Volta, Victoria Island (British Antarctic Expedition), Wallis & Futuna, Xeimarra (cover from Northern Epirus), Yemen (registered cover from Sanna) and Zambezia (registered cover to Geneva), fine and informative collection, with dozens of scarce items | Price Realized $5,750.00 |
 | Lot #4622 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS and POSTAL HISTORY 1900-50s accumulation of 500+ covers and cards, showing strength in French Colonies, particularly Omnibus sets, "France Libre" overprints, including French India, St. Pierre & Miquelon, French East Africa and others, occasional South America, British Commonwealth, topical related items (Women's Rights, Suffragists, etc.), mixed condition, many better items, inspection recommended | Unsold |
