Russian Local Post (Zemstvo); U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
February 8, 2012 and February 22-23, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #3495 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1865 2k brown and blue, selection of six die proofs, five are in black, four a stage proofs, three, including the final version are signed by Sperati, two handstamped "Reproduction Interdite," v.f., rare P | Unsold |
 | Lot #3496 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1865 Sperati forgeries, 2k brown and blue, single and unsigned die proof, the latter from an album prepared for close friends, one of only three recorded, v.f. P | Unsold |
 | Lot #3497 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 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #3498 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1865 10pa brown and blue, vertical pair, faint postmark, large margins all around, v.f., with Paul Alcuri cert. O Catalog #2 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #3499 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1880 cover (opened for display) to Aleppo, franked with two each 5k (horiz. laid) and 1k (vert. laid), tied by blue large lettered Alexandretta pmks, with oval merchant's cachet indicating the cover originated from either Mersina or Tarsus, with Turkish adhesives added on arrival to pay postage due, minor flaws, otherwise fine and scarce combination cover, with Holcombe cert.  | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #3500 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 $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #3501 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1892 (13 Jan) postal card franked with diagonal half of 10k, tied by blue "Ropit Smyrna" cds and sent to Pola, Austria, with arrival pmk, Sorani cert. | Unsold |
 | Lot #3502 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1906 (13.8) uncut Money Order franked with 1r and 14k, tied by Nizhny Novgorod Yarmark pmk, repeated twice, addressed to the German-Palestine Bank in Jerusalem, with a perfect arrival "Ropit Jaffa" (1 Sep) and "Deutsche-Palestine Bank Zweigniederlassung Jaffa" handstamps on back | Unsold |
 | Lot #3503 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1909 (27.9) registered cover from Constantinople to St. Petersburg, franked on back with 50x5para on 1k, with pairs, strips, blocks of four and larger, some minor flaws, impressive cover, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $600.00 |
