U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 7-8, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1502 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1865 10pa brown & blue, unused without gum, fresh and v.f., rare stamp (*) Catalog #2 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1503 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1865 10pa brown & blue, v.f. used, signed Catalog #2 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1504 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the 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 #1505 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the 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 |
