U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
November 28-29, 2001

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #2272
RUSSIAN OFFICES ON THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1865 10pa brown & blue, large margins all around, canc. "783" in blue lozenge (Beirut), v.f., with Mikulski cert.
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2273
RUSSIAN OFFICES ON THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1865 20k blue & red, unused without gum, fresh and v.f., signed Bloch etc.
(*)
Catalog #3
Catalog Value 900
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2274
RUSSIAN OFFICES ON THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1874 (17 Sept.) FL from Mersina to Constantinople franked with 1k and 5k, cancelled by "Mersina" cds in blue
Envelope
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2275
RUSSIAN OFFICES ON THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1879 surcharged "7" in blue and in black, two diff., h.r., fine
*
Catalog #19C,19D
Catalog Value 1,250+
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2276
RUSSIAN OFFICES ON THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1882 (6 May) cover to Constantinople (7.5.) bearing 7k carmine and greenish cancelled by oval "Ropit/Burgas" datestamp in blue, extremely fine and rare, ex Lipschutz
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,050.00

Lot #2277
RUSSIAN OFFICES ON THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1884 (ca), undated cover franked on reverse with 1k and 5, cancelled by "Port Trebizond" cds in blue
Envelope
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2278
RUSSIAN OFFICES ON THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1898 (7 July) 10kop, registered letter card to Sarajevo (13.7) uprated with 10 kop., cancelled by "Ropit Konstantinopol" cds
Envelope
Price Realized
$110.00

Lot #2279
RUSSIAN OFFICES ON THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1900 (10 May) cover from St. Borisow-Kakursk to Mount Athos (28.5) via Odessa (14.5) and Constantinople (19.5) bearing on reverse Russia 7kop cancelled by departure cds and Ropit 2kop strip of three (one stamp applied over edge ofenvelope and subsequently creased) cancelled by "Ropit Athos" double ring datestamp in violet
Envelope
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2280
RUSSIAN OFFICES ON THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1901 incoming money letter from Epifan to Constantinople endorsed "for transfer to Ilinsky Skit (monastery) at Mt. Athos", with Constantinople ROPIT receiver, v.f. cover with intact wax seals
Envelope
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #2281
RUSSIAN OFFICES ON THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1903 4k stationery reply card from Mersina to Czechoslovakia, "ROPIT Mersina" and arrival pmks, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2282
RUSSIAN OFFICES ON THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1911 registered cover from Constantinople to Sweden, franked with 3 diff. Dardanelles, also Rizeh, Metelin and Beyrouth overprints, Linkoping arrival pmk, censor tape removed from front, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$120.00

Lot #2283
RUSSIAN OFFICES ON THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1913 Romanov surcharges, 20pi on 2r vertical pair, top stamp without surcharge, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #225var
Unsold
Lot #2284
RUSSIAN OFFICES ON THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1917 Russian Occupation of Trebizond, ppc to Gargan, with "Polevaja Zapasnaja Pochtovaja Kontora No.159a" cds (Reserve F.P.O.), violet "89 censor cachet, v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2285
RUSSIAN OFFICES ON THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1917 Russian Occupation of Trebizond, ppc with "Polevaya Zapasnaya Pochtovaya Kontora No.159a" cds (Reserve Field Post Office) and violet army unit cachet, fine and rare
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2286
RUSSIAN OFFICES ON THE TURKISH EMPIRE
WRANGEL ARMY.
1920 censored cover from Saratov to England with faint cancels tying three unoverprinted imperf. 3.50r stamps, blue seal of the Relief Committee for Russian Refugees (in Cyrillic) and British P.O. in Constantinople transit,apparently carried by the retreating Wrangel Army to Constantinople and handed there to the British Post, fine and scarce example of Russian mail handled in Constantinople after the ROPIT Post Office closing, ex-Wortman
Envelope
Price Realized
$675.00

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