Lot
1207 
U.S. Postal Agency, Siberia, Dec 15, 1919, duplex postmark canceling on 1914, 1¢ Jefferson postal card to East Orange, N.J., with blue boxed "A.E.F. Siberia, Passed as Censored, Base" Censor handstamp, reverse with Red Cross "Furnished Free By, Canteen Service, San Francisco Chapter" imprint and message from soldier in the 27th Infantry heading to Russia, Very Fine and choice, ex-Thrower. Scott No. UX27 Estimate $500 - 750.
ONE OF THREE KNOWN SIBERIA CANCELLATIONS ON A 1¢ JEFFERSON POSTAL CARD.
Message written on board the troopship S.S. "Great Northern". Soldiers were sent to Russia to help rescue the Czechoslovak Army, to maintain the railroads and run a P.O.W. camp for German and Austrian prisoners.
Realized: $1,150