Sale 1011 — United States Stamps & Postal History, Foreign
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 21-24 June, 2011
Category — U.S. Postal Agencies in Shanghai & Siberia
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1337
U.S. Postal Agency, Siberia, May 13, 1919. Duplex steel datestamp on self-censored medical corps officer's letter to San Francisco with hand illustrated cartoon of "Maggie" of the "Bringing up Father" comic strip (also known as "Jiggs & Maggie"), purple "A.E.F. Siberia/Censored" handstamp, edge wear, still Fine and attractive, the first American troops of the A.E.F. expeditionary forces in Siberia arrived in Aug. 1918, the U.S. Postal Agency in Siberia was established in Sept. 1918, ex Faulstich
E. 150-200
375