Deborah Friedman Collection of Colombian Airmail; U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
November 7, 2007 and November 13-15, 2007
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2990 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the 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 Russian ship, fine and very unusual item, with Holcombe cert., ex-Liphschutz collection  | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #2991 RUSSIA 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 $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #2992 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the 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 #2993 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the 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 #2994 RUSSIA 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. O Catalog #2 Catalog Value $ 1,250 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #2995 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the 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 $700.00 |
 | Lot #2996 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the 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, fine and rare usage of Levant stamps cancelled in Russia, ex-Liphschutz collection, with Holcombe cert. | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #2997 RUSSIA 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 #2998 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1879 surcharged "7", thin numeral in black, small thin, fine appearance * Catalog #19D | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #2999 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the 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, great Red Cross and Russo-Turkish War related item | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #3000 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the 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 Asia Minor is located on the Black Sea, present date Kotyora (Turkey), population in 1906 was under 10,000 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #3001 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1910 70pi on 7r, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #159var | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #3002 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the 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 #3003 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the 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 |
