U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 18-19, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #4576 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 $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #4577 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1862 (23 Oct) cover from Constantinople to Jakobstad, Finland, endorsed "via Odessa & St.Petersburg", with boxed "Franco" on front & Constantinople cds on reverse, both in blue, ms arrival notations, some backflap defects, otherwise fine and scarce cover | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4578 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 $425.00 |
 | Lot #4579 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 $425.00 |
 | Lot #4580 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 $1,500 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4581 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1865 2k brown & blue, upper right sheet corner margin single, light blue canc., v.f., ex-Kirchner, O Catalog #2 Catalog Value $750 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4582 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1872-1913 postal history, selection of 15 covers or cards on pages, with stampless letter with blue Ropit Constantinople pmk, used to Samsun, two covers, each with Russian 7k franking (Scott's No.27) on back of covers from Tiflis to Constantinople, with Ropit agency arrival datestamp, 1912 registered cover to Germany, franked with inverted 20 pa on 4k surcharge, registered cover (opened for display) to the Russian Consulate in Monastir (Macedonia) with Salonika arrival, four registered covers with Romanov franking, another with "Flotte Volontaire Russe" letterhead etc., interesting lot | Unsold |
 | Lot #4583 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1875 (15 Sept) FL from Constanza, sent by a Russian steamer operated by ROPIT company to Odessa, franked with pair of 5k (vertically laid paper) and single 3k numeral issue, cancelled on arrival in Odessa (17 Sept), fine and rare usage of Levant stamps cancelled in Russia, ex-Liphschutz collection, with Holcombe cert. | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #4584 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 #4585 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 #4586 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1905 (21.6) cover to Constantinople, franked with 1pi on 10k, tied by the rare "ROPIT Ordu" postmark, also 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). Its population in 1906 was under 10,000 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4587 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1911 (31.10) 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 $140.00 |
 | Lot #4588 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1914 (21 Jan) 7k stationery entire, upgraded with 20pa on 4k Levant, used from Constantinople to Pskov, v.f., scarce combination, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $240.00 |
