U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
October 31-November 1, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1438 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1865 2pa brown & blue, vertical strip of four, positions 6-13-20-27, showing blue departure and arrival pmks of "Port Jaffa" and "Port Chios", Jaffa repeated three times, Chios twice, fresh and superb item, with Mikulski cert. stating only 2 other loose stamps with Port Jaffa cancels are known for this issue. A great Levant and Holy Land rarity O Catalog #2 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1439 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1876 (12 Aug) letter originating from Corfu (Kerkura), carried privately to Constantinople where 8k on 10k (black surcharge) was added and tied by Cyrillic cds (9 Aug) and sent to Odessa, where it arrived on 11th, filing folds away from the stamps, with ovals of sender and forwarder (note date differences due to Julian and Gregorian calendars), fine  Catalog #16 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1440 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1876 8k on 10k vertically laid paper, surcharged in blue, used, v.f. and extremely rare, listed but unpriced in Scott and Michel (10y), with 1994 APS cert. O Catalog #17a | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1441 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1900 surcharges, 35pi and 70pi on 3.50r and 7r, each with a violet "Specimen" hs, v.f. S Catalog #38-39S | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1442 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1904 (19 Sep) cover (opened for display) to Kharkov, franked with 1pi on 10k dark blue, tied by "Ropit Afon" cds, with Russian Church handstamp on back, green Odessa Customs label and framed four-line handstamp indicating item being returned buy Customs, fine and interesting item | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1443 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1904 (15 Nov) 10k stationery entire envelope, canceled Field Post Corps No.1, addressed to "Beirut, Turkey," with military handstamp on back, also ROPIT Constantinople transit (17 Dec) and violet "Ropit Beirut" (23 Dec) arrival cds on front, some cover wear and stains, fine and rare usage during the Russo-Japanese War, from somewhere in Manchuria (possibly Mukden) Beirut | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1444 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1913 (6 Oct) registered (legal size) cover headed American Consular Service Salonika, sent to Canada, with 12 surcharged adhesives paying total of 85pa, violet ROPIT Salonika cds and registration label, New York transits and Montreal arrival pmks, cover tears, otherwise fine-v.f. Catalog #201,213,214 | Unsold |
