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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)
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$550.00
Bidding Closed
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)
Envelope
$1,200.00
Bidding Closed

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