U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

1919 (14 Aug) free frank cover from Shanghai to Dijon, France posted by a member of the French Military Mission to Siberia, bearing a violet cachet "Battalion Colonial Siberien, Le Commandant" and a naval Anchor, with "Corr-D'Armee Shanghai" departure cds, opened by censor, with "Controle Postal" re-seal tape, also military censor strikes, some cover defects and mending, very rare usage from China, prior to the arrival in Siberia
Estimate: $1000