The G. Denisenko Collection of Imperial Russia; U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
March 7, 2007 and March 13-14, 2007
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #348 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1865 Russia 1858 30k carmine & green, perf. 121/2 (Mi.7), cancelled "Constantinople 10 April 1865" in blue, fresh and attractive strike O Catalog Value EUR 500 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #349 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1858 Russia 1858 20k blue & orange, perf. 121/2 (Mi.6), cancelled "778" in blue dots (Trebizonde), creased, still fresh and attractive strike O Catalog Value EUR 300 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #350 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1881 Russia 1875 7k gray & carmine (Mi.25), trimmed perfs at right, used on cover from Poti to Constantinople, stamp tied by "Konstantin 2 Oct.81" in blue, with full pmk repeated on back, fine  | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #351 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1879 Russia 1878 7k gray stationery entire envelope to Constantinople, with "Konstantin 20 Sept.79" strike in black, full pmk repeated on back, entire roughly opened and toned, nevertheless scarce usage of Imperial Postal Stationery in Levant | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #352 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1882 Russia 1875 7k gray & carmine (Mi.25), used on cover from Poti to Constantinople, stamp tied by oval "R.O.P.I.T. Konstantinopol 24 Oct.82", same pmk repeated on back, fine | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #353 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1863 6k blue and 6k carmine, imperforate trial color proofs on card, large margins, the latter with some minor marginal toning and light wrinkles or creases, fine-v.f. and rare, ex-Faberge, Kirchner collections P | Unsold |
 | Lot #354 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1863 6k blue, first issue on thin paper, vertical strip of four (complete sheet as issued), also 1866 6k blue, imperf. sheetlet of four with full margins all around (minor hinge thins in outer margins, stamps n.h.), the former with typicalmarginal faults, also stains affecting bottom stamps, signed Mikulski, the latter with Royal cert.  *** | Unsold |
 | Lot #355 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1865 10pa brown & blue, horizontal sheet margin pair, showing adjoining stamps at top, cut in at bottom, cancelled by a single "781" in dots of Mersina O Catalog #2 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #356 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1865 2pia carmine & blue, margins all around, cancelled by blue "783" in dots of Beirut, additional cds, fine O Catalog #3 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #357 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1909 cover from the Russian Archeological Institute in Constantinople to St.Petersburg, with corresponding blue seal from the Institute, v.f., with Odessa transit and 26 Jan. arrival pmk. This Institute abroad was apparently granted a free postal facility, which was quite exceptional at that time | Unsold |
 | Lot #358 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1916 Used in Iran, registered cover sent from Tabriz to Berne, Switzerland, franked with 10k Arms and 3k and 7k Romanov, tied by Tabriz Russian Consular pmks, opened by censor, usual stain on reverse, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #359 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1916 Used in Iran, registered coverfront to Switzerland, franked with 6x25k and 10k Arms, Tabriz registry label and "Tabriz Russian Consular Post" departure pmks, fine and rare | Price Realized $325.00 |
| Lot #410 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1852-1917 large, somewhat disorganized collection on pages, with forerunners (Russian stamps used in Levant), issued stamps with variety of pmks, many scarce R.O.P.I.T strikes incl. Batum, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Rizeh, Beirut, Caifa, Ordu, Burgas and many others, 1910 Cities overprints, 1917 Russian Forces in Dardanelles, also 49 covers and 24 stationery cards, mixed quality, with faults, excellent basis for further study and expansion, great value O | Price Realized $10,000.00 | |
| Lot #411 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1860-1913 specialized collection of hundreds incl. forerunners, No.1 unused and two used (Constantinople and numeral canc.), No.2, No.3 used (two), 20 diff. 1910 inverted city surcharges in se-tenant strips, other issues, also 10 covers to "Monks Republic" in Mont Athos, various better cancellations incl. Alexandria, Latakia, Samsun, Beyrouth, Jaffa, Rizeh etc., plus some Russian Offices in China *O | Price Realized $4,750.00 | |
 | Lot #2341 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1865 10pa brown & blue, unused without gum, fresh and v.f., rare stamp (*) Catalog #2 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2342 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1865 10pa brown & blue, v.f. used, signed Catalog #2 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #2343 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1866 outer FL franked with 20pa carmine & blue, large margins all around, tied by Lattakia cds (blue) and sent via Alexandretta to Beirut, with "Port Lattakie" and oval merchant's cachet, minor paper erosion along the left side, fine and rare cover from Russian Levant, signed Diena | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #2344 RUSSIA Russian Offices in Turkish Empire 1904 (8 Nov) cover from Mont Athos, franked with Ottoman 1pi and sent to Starominskoya (Sea of Azov), used during the Russo-Japanese War, hence Odessa censor seal (green), also purple hs, plus "Refuse par la Douane" (refused by Customs) and returned to sender, bearing a boxed cachet on reverse, indicating that the cover was sent back after the war was over, fine and interesting cover | Price Realized $500.00 |
