- £225.00
Russia. (United States Intervention Forces in Siberia). 1919. Stamp-less envelope headed 'LT. PW Gerdes, Ord U.S.A. A.E.F. Siberia' and endorsed 'Official Mail' addressed to Harrisburg, Pa. cancelled by U.S. Postal Agency/ Siberia/ 1 duplex dated 'Jun 2 1919' with framed rubber 'A.E.F. Siberia/ Censored' and signed by the Censorship with Pittsburgh PA. on reverse 'June 25th.'
Major General Graves arrived at Vladivostok on September 1st 1918 with 5000 Eighth Division troops. Finding no threat to the city he ordered the troops to their Garrison. Graves stated that U.S. Troops were "not here to fight Russia or any group or fraction in Russia. A strict policy of neutrality was immediately announced to the troops. Bolsheviks and White Russians would be treated equally.
