U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
August 13-14, 2003
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #2289 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1862 cover to Jakobstad, Finland, endorsed "via Odessa & St.Petersburg", with boxed "Franco" on front & Constantinople 23 Oct. 1862 cds on reverse, both in blue, ms arrival notations, some backflap defects, otherwise fine and scarce cover  | Price Realized $1,000.00 | |
| Lot #2290 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1863 6k blue, six unused singles, three without gum, few with minor faults, others fine *(*) Catalog #1 Catalog Value 1,650 | Price Realized $400.00 | |
| Lot #2291 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1865 2k brown and blue, vertical pair, light canc., large margins all around, v.f., with 1989 Alcuri cert. u Catalog #2 Catalog Value 1,250+ | Price Realized $900.00 | |
| Lot #2292 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1874 coverfront with Russian 3k and 10k used in combination with 3k Levant, all markings intact, part of the address portion removed, fine | Price Realized $90.00 | |
| Lot #2293 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War, 10k brown & blue canc. "Plovdiv", also Telegram dated 27.6.1879 from SOFIA to Tirnovo, used during the Russo-Turkish War. Until the summer of 1879, there was no Bulgarian Postal Organization; also 1888 Telegram to the French Consul in Sofia, and 1907 ppc (Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinand) from Peterhof to Paris | Unsold | |
| Lot #2294 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1879 7k on 10k, blue surcharge, h.r., signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin etc., very rare and undervalued issue * Catalog #19C Catalog Value 700 | Price Realized $600.00 | |
| Lot #2295 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1879 7k on 10k, black surcharge, full original gum, fresh & fine example of this rare and undervalued variety, signed Romeko, with Robson Lowe cert. * Catalog #19D Catalog Value 550 | Price Realized $425.00 | |
| Lot #2296 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1880 Russo-Turkish War, large cover from "Tchishak", with Red Cross label, addressed to St.Petersburg, with spec. registration hs for the Russian Red Cross, Petrovsk transit and St.Petersburg arrival markings, cover with ragged edges, greatRed Cross and Balkan War item | Price Realized $3,000.00 | |
| Lot #2297 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1905 registered cover to Turkey, franked with 2pi/20kop tied by scarce violet "R.O.P.I.T./ORDU" cds, front shows violet circled "R" registration cachet and reverse bears "R.O.P.I.T./Constantinopel" arrival datestamp, v.f.and scarce cover, ex Lipschutz Catalog #Mi.23 | Price Realized $575.00 | |
| Lot #2298 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1909-10 overprinted "Metelin", nine diff. canc. on unaddressed cover by Constantinople cds, v.f. Catalog #181-89 | Price Realized $130.00 | |
| Lot #2299 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1910 registered cover sent from Jaffa to Dresden, Germany, franked by 35pi on 3.50r, overprinted "Jaffa" in black, tied by violet Jaffa cds, with transit pmk on reverse, v.f. Catalog #78 | Price Realized $425.00 | |
| Lot #2300 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1911 ppc from Samsun, franked on the picture side with 10pa on 2k. violet "Ropit Samsun" cds, v.f. | Price Realized $130.00 | |
| Lot #2301 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1913 cover to Athens with five diff. Romanov surcharges canc. ROPIT Saloniki cds, v.f. with arrival pmk | Price Realized $100.00 | |
| Lot #2302 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1914 20pa on 4k surcharge, used on Russian 7k entire (without overprint), from Constantinople to Pskow, v.f., with arrival pmk. Rare usage of Russian Postal stationery | Price Realized $230.00 | |
| Lot #2303 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE Russia used in the Khanate of Bukhara . 1891-1912 selection of six better covers including three usages from Old Bukhara to Peshawar via Odessa-Bombay (two registered), and three incoming covers to Old Bukhara from Moscow, Karki and Samarkand, the latter with 28k postage due marking, usual wear, fine & valuable group | Unsold | |
| Lot #2304 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE Russia used in the Khanate of Bukhara 1909-17 correspondence remainder, ten covers to USA from Novy Urgentch or Khiva, including two registry usages, significant faults including cut out or missing stamps, useful specialist lot | Unsold | |
| Lot #2305 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE RUSSIA USED IN PERSIA. 1912 cover to Isfahan, Persia, franked with 10k dark blue, tied by "Baku-Enzeli" Rail Road canc., endorsed "via Enzeli", with Isfahan and Teheran arrival pmks, v.f. | Price Realized $120.00 |
