U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 17-18, 2015
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1252 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1860-1910 Mt.Athos, collection of 20 covers, with or without franking, some addressed to the Russian Monastery at Mt. Athos, bearing arrival markings (ROPIT Afon), one from Tiflis, sent via Batum, with ROPIT Constantinople transit, others from different parts of Russia, normally with wax seals indicating covers contained money intended for the Russian monks at the monastery. Also included are 17 parcel receipts, all with postal markings, some with Ottoman fiscals. In addition, there are two ROPIT (Compagnie Russe de Navigation a vapeur et de Commerce) customs declarations (1860 and 1866), indicating contents and maritime details, interesting lot  | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #1253 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1882 cover from Taganrog to Constantinople, franked with 7k carmine & gray, with Postal Car and Ropit Constantinople arrival markings, wax seal and manuscript endorsements indicating that money was enclosed (for Mt. Athos monastery), fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1254 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1909-10 20pa on 4k carmine, vertical gutter pane of 20, trial printing, composite overprints from Constantinople, Mont Athos, Jerusalem, Metelin, Salonique, Smyrna, Trebizond, Jaffa, Kerassunde and Rizeh, showing "erusalem" variety, also 20pa on 4k complete sheet of 100, overprinted "Jaffa", with watermark on top and bottom, folded between stamps, perf. separations and hinge reinforcements, mostly fine-v.f.  */** | Unsold |
 | Lot #1255 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 postmarks, cover tears, otherwise fine-v.f. Catalog #201,213,214 | Price Realized $240.00 |
