U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 8-9, 2006
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2187 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN TURKISH EMPIRE 1844 FL from Braila to Constantinople, with boxed "Port Paye" (Tchil. type 3, fig.804) which is usually found in conjunction with Lloyd Agency pmk, in this case however, the letter was probably carried by a Russianship, fine and very unusual item, with Holcombe cert., ex-Liphschutz collection  | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2188 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN 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 #2189 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN TURKISH EMPIRE 1863 6k blue, five unused singles, three without gum, few with minor faults, others fine *(*) Catalog #1 Catalog Value 1,375 | Price Realized $400.00 | |
 | Lot #2190 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN TURKISH EMPIRE 1863 6k light blue, thin paper, used, margins all around, usual small faults, fine appearance, rare Catalog #1a Catalog Value 1,350 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #2191 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN 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 #2192 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN TURKISH EMPIRE 1865 2k brown & blue, upper right sheet corner margin single, light blue canc., v.f., ex-Kirchner Catalog #2 Catalog Value 625 | Price Realized $450.00 |
| Lot #2193 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN 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 #2194 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN TURKISH EMPIRE 1875 FL from Constanza, sent by a Russian steamer operated by R.O.P.I.T. company to Odessa, franked with pair of 5k (vertically laid paper) and single 3k numeral issue, cancelled on arrival in Odessa, 17 Sept. 1875, fineand rare usage of Levant stamps cancelled in Russia, ex-Liphschutz collection, with Holcombe cert. | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #2195 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN 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 #2196 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN TURKISH EMPIRE 1879 surcharged "7", thin numeral in black, small thin, fine appearance * Catalog #19D | Unsold |
 | Lot #2197 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN TURKISH EMPIRE 1880 large cover from "Tchishak", with Red Cross label, addressed to St.Petersburg, with special registration hs for the Russian Red Cross, Petrovsk transit and St.Petersburg arrival markings, cover with ragged edges, greatRed Cross and Turkish War related item | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #2198 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN TURKISH EMPIRE 1884 2k green, imperf. horizontal pair, red letters from "Obrazets" (Specimen) overprint, v.f. S Catalog #24S | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #2199 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN TURKISH EMPIRE 1905 registered cover to Turkey, franked with 2pi/20kop tied by scarce violet "ROPIT Ordu" cds, front shows violet circled "R" registration cachet and reverse bears "ROPIT Constantinopel" arrival datestamp, v.f.and scarce cover from this small port on the Ottoman coast of the Black Sea, ex Lipschutz Catalog #Mi.23 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #2200 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN TURKISH EMPIRE 1905 cover to Constantinople, franked with 1pi on 10k, tied by the rare "R.O.P.I.T. Ordu" 21.6.1905 postmark, merchants "Interesse de Tabac Ordou" hs and Constantinople arrival pmks on back, v.f. Ordu, a Greek city of AsiaMinor is located on the black sea, present date Kotyora (Turkey), population in 1906 was under 10,000 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2201 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN TURKISH EMPIRE 1911 ppc from Samsun (an active port on the Ottoman coast of the Black Sea), franked on the picture side with 10pa on 2k. violet "Ropit Samsun" cds, v.f. | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #2202 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN TURKISH EMPIRE 1914 20pa on 4k surcharge, used on Russian 7k entire (without overprint), from Constantinople to Pskov, v.f., with arrival pmk. Rare usage of Russian Postal stationery | Price Realized $230.00 |
| Lot #2203 RUSSIAN OFFICES IN TURKISH EMPIRE 1921 Wrangel Issues, surcharged 5,000r on 15k Arms, vertical pair, tied on red "registered" cover by Belgrade pmk, addressed to Constantinople, with military cachet and arrival pmk on back Catalog #246 | Price Realized $110.00 |
